Once again, On Being a Doctor illuminates the art and science of medicine with an all-new collection of stories, essays, and poems If you are a physician who has felt the joy of patient care, the frustrations of bureaucracy, the satisfaction of a good catch, the anguish of a mistake, or the long sorrow of losing a patient, you will find sympathy and companionship in these pages. If you are patient who has been frightened by an illness or strengthened by enduring it . . . treated compassionately by one medical professional or coldly by another . . . cured by the miracle of science or made...
Once again, On Being a Doctor illuminates the art and science of medicine with an all-new collection of stories, essays, and poems If you are a physi...