Author : Leah Kaminsky
Release : 2012-01-10
Genre : Literary Collections
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 86X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Writer, M.D. by : Leah Kaminsky
Download or read book Writer, M.D. written by Leah Kaminsky. This book was released on 2012-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Chekhov to Maugham to William Carlos Williams, doctors have long given voice to their unique perspectives through literature. Writer, M.D. celebrates this rich tradition with a collection of fiction and nonfiction by today’s most beloved physician-writers, including, • Abraham Verghese, on the lost art of the physical exam • Pauline Chen, on the bond between a med student and her first cadaver • Atul Gawande, on the ethical dilemmas of a young surgical intern • Danielle Ofri, on the devastation of losing a patient • Ethan Canin, on love, poetry, and growing old These essays and stories illuminate the inner lives of men and women who deal with trauma, illness, mortality, and grief on a daily basis. Read together, they provide a candid, moving, one-of-a-kind glimpse behind the doctor’s mask.