Download or read book Across The Red Line written by Richard Karl and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Lewis Thomas' The Lives of a Cell, a beautiful book on what it's like to be a surgeon.
Download or read book Surgeon Stories written by Daly Walker and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daly Walker s Surgeon Stories is a book of the body, and the physician, particularly the surgeon, is the shaman of the body. For many of us, the physician-surgeon has been the body's personal champion and sometimes savior in the face of disease, accident, aging, human violence, and war. While most of these categories of threat are inevitably faced by all of us, war is the ultimate ogre, and its ravages dwarf and challenge even the most skilled physician.Himself both a surgeon and a Vietnam veteran, Daly Walker's stories in this powerful and artful collection compel us to consider the power of war as it slices through both the body and the sense of self. His two book-end stories spotlight the failure of generation after human generation to end wars, but they also illumine the ability of the shaman, while flawed like every human, to open wide the doors of compassion.
Download or read book The Surgeon s Stories written by Zacharias Topelius and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Doctor Stories written by Richard Selzer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selzer's selection of his own short stories, culled from three decades of writing, includes two new stories and an Introduction detailing his literary beginnings.
Download or read book How to Save a Surgeon written by Thomas Blee, MD and published by 9 Foot Voice. This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Surgeon s Stories Times of Gustaf Adolf written by Zacharias Topelius and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Surgeon s Stories Times of alchemy written by Zakarius Topelius and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Surgeon s Stories Times of Charles XII written by Zakarius Topelius and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Surgeon s Stories Times of Linnaeus written by Zacharias Topelius and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Across the Red Line written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Karl, a doctor and teacher, takes the reader closer than any writer before into the corridors of the hospital, on the surgical table, and into the world of medicine. In these pages we see the tragedies and triumphs of modern medicine: the beauty of surgery done well, and the aftermath of operations that fail to deliver on the hopes of the doctor and patient. We witness the "M & M"--The morbidity and mortality meeting--where doctors scrutinize their own work and mistakes, and the often inevitable outcomes of treatment. Suffused throughout are Karl's keen observations on the workings of the human body and its immense capacity for healing." ... I celebrate the rich privilege accorded the practicing surgeon. The surgical life is really about bearing witness to the human condition and about respecting the many almost whimsical variations of biology and about the intersection of the two. It is remarkable, really, the way I get to know people so intimately so quickly, and to observe the brave and often noble behavior in them, while I witness the relentless push of biology, the aging and decay, the growth and development, but most especially the healing, both physical and emotional. It is this natural drive of our bodies to repair themselves from all injuries (including the surgeon's wounds) that is the centerpiece of medicine. Without it no surgeon could cut." Written with economy and subtlety, Across the Red Line offers a vivid picture of disease and the miracle of life. It will interest anyone who's ever been on either side of the surgical table.
Download or read book Making the Cut written by Mohamed Khadra and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009-04-03 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be a surgeon is to stand, without flinching, in the sea of human suffering and use one's entire resource of knowledge, skill and intelligence to battle it. An intern makes his first cut and is ridiculed by his tutor. An old woman is brought back to life against her will, only for the unexpected to strike a week later. A notorious surgeon is driven crazy by a massive brain tumour. The mother of a leukemia-ridden child is driven to desperation In this compelling and beautifully written impressionistic memoir, Mohamed Khadra recounts stories from his life as a surgeon, from the gruelling years of training to the debilitating sleepless nights on call. He looks back at the doctors and patients who shaped his career; at the endless stream of humanity - courageous, pitiful, admirable and dislikable - who passed under his knife, as he recalls shocking tales of mistakes in theatre and the shattered lives of doctors defeated by the stresses of the job. Documenting the damaging politics in our healthcare system, the soul-destroying choices made for patients and the misplaced hope so common in the face of death, his dramatic account of a surgical life shows what happens when extraordinary events overtake everyday lives - including, even, his own.
Download or read book Mortal Lessons written by Richard Selzer and published by HMH. This book was released on 1996-04-15 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A surgeon shares true stories of life, death, and the human body in an essay collection that “will nail you to your chair” (Saturday Review). With settings ranging from the operating theater to a Korean ambulance, and topics as varied as the disposition of a corpse and the author’s own childhood, these nineteen captivating, wry, and intimate vignettes offer a poignant examination of health, humanity, and, of course, mortality. Sometimes tragic, sometimes humorous, the essays offer a physician’s viewpoint that goes beyond the medical to also consider the most meaningful issues and questions we face, whether as doctors or patients, cared for or caregiver. Praised by Kirkus Reviews as “an impressive display of knowledge and art, magic and mystery,” Mortal Lessons is a classic reflection on the human body and the human experience, and will resonate with readers for generations to come.
Download or read book The Doctor s Dilemma written by Daly Walker and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Paris Surgeon s Story written by Charles F. Bove and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On Call written by J. Lottmann, MD and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Call is the true story of a female rural surgeon. There aren't very many rural surgeons around, so this is an uncommon story. It spans a thirty-year practice from 1981 to 2011, after her schooling and training. Dr. Lottmann explains the distinctive nature of a rural surgery practice and how it differs from an urban practice. She explains the scope of general surgery and how her particular surgical caseload changed over that thirty-year period. Surgery has changed a lot since she began her career either because of medical developments or new surgical apparatus. For a rural surgeon, it has become a challenge to offer the most up-to-date procedures in a small rural hospital because of the cost of having the very latest equipment. In On Call, Dr. Lottman takes us through her training, her practice, some of her most memorable cases, her triumphs, and some of her many challenges. She also considers the challenges of being a wife and mother as well as being a surgeon-frequently, the only surgeon in town. Dr. Lottmann hopes that her story will encourage medical students to pursue a career in rural surgery because there is a great need for them in this country.
Download or read book One Life Many Deaths written by Brownell Wheeler and published by Meredith Winter Press. This book was released on 2014-08-18 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the path of his life unfolds, from a farm in the hills of Eastern Kentucky to the pinnacles of academic medicine, a surgeon's childhood panic about death is gradually transformed into a mature peace with mortality. Not only is his encounters with patients - from a gypsy patriarch to a homeless pauper - but also near-death experiences, premonitions, and other psychic phenomena, contributed to a growing sense of wonder, mystery, sometimes beauty, and above all serenity in the face of an inescapable human experience, death. The latter chapters, written after the author developed Parkinson's disease, describe how this physician, scientist, administrator, and increasingly spiritual seeker plans to live a full and happy life, and have a "good death" when the time comes.
Download or read book Second Lives Second Chances written by Donald R. Laub, M.D. and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The engrossing memoir of a plastic and reconstructive surgeon involved in groundbreaking and life-changing procedures Through his work in plastic and reconstructive surgery, Dr. Donald Laub changed the lives of thousands of people who had been shunned by society. Dr. Laub’s influence fostered the development of three key areas in the surgical profession: pioneering and influencing international humanitarian medical missions in the developing world, being at the forefront of gender affirmation surgery for transgender people since 1968, and the education and training of over 50 plastic and reconstructive surgeons. His unstinting efforts to surgically correct cleft palates gave new lives to thousands of children in developing countries. As one of the original surgeons to perform gender affirmation surgery, Laub not only continually improved on his methods, but he also became a tireless advocate for the rights of transgender people. His non-profit foundation (Interplast, now called ReSurge International) has sent thousands of multidisciplinary teams to perform transformative and reconstructive surgery in the developing world. Second Lives, Second Chances is more than just a memoir; it’s a testament to how the determination of one person can bring others together to make a lasting difference in the world.
