{"product_id":"patients-and-doctors-life-changing-stories-from-primary-care-hardcover","title":"Patients and Doctors: Life-Changing Stories from Primary Care - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeffrey M. Borkan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow patients heal doctors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePatients and Doctors\u003c\/i\u003e, physicians from around the world share stories of the patients they'll never forget, patients who have changed the way they practice medicine. Their thoughtful reflections on a variety of themes--from suffering to humor to death--help us to understand the experience of doctoring, in all its ordinary and extraordinary aspects.\u003cbr\u003e In settings as diverse as Slovenia and Sweden, Cambodia and New Jersey, we learn what makes the healer feel graced with insight or scarred with misadventure. In Washington State, we anguish with patient and doctor alike when a young resident removes a screw from a little boy's foot; on the Israeli-Jordanian border, a woman goes into labor just as the air-raid sirens signal the beginning of the Gulf War. These compelling accounts remind us what is at stake in doctoring, reinforcing the value of stories in the teaching and practice of medicine: to calm, to validate, and to illuminate the human experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"These stories illustrate humane physicians at their best.\"--Sharon Kaufman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Healer's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Patients and Doctors, physicians from around the world share stories of the patients they'll never forget, patients who have changed the way they practice medicine. Their thoughtful reflections on a variety of themes -- from suffering to humor to death -- help us understand the experience of doctoring, in all its ordinary and extraordinary aspects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn settings as diverse as Slovenia and Sweden, Cambodia and New Jersey, we learn what makes the healer feel graced with insight or scarred by misadventure. In Washington State, we anguish with patient and doctor alike when a young resident removes a screw from a little boy's foot; on the Israeli-Jordanian border, a woman goes into labor just as the air-raid sirens signal the beginning of the Gulf War. These compelling accounts remind us what is at stake in doctoring, reinforcing the value of stories in the teaching and practice of medicine: to calm, to validate, and to illuminate the human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you think the make-believe plots of ER or the do-or-die events on Rescue 911 are harrowing, Patients and Doctors will both shock and assure you with its true stories of healing and survival. Never before have such compelling accounts from family doctors around the world been collected in one volume. You will find that these remarkable tales will bridge the sometimes uneasy gap between doctor and patient.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeffrey M. Borkan is director of research in the Department of Family Medicine at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. He also runs a family practice in a remote part of southern Israel. Jack H. Medalie is professor emeritus at Case Western Reserve University in the Department of Family Medicine, which he founded. Shmuel Reis, a family physician, is chair of the Department of Family Medicine in the Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel. Dov Steinmetz is lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, where he teaches family medicine to residents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 9.35 x 6.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45309457858662,"sku":"9780299163402","price":36.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Rkl0S0V3N2U4V0pJeEp1L21Da2oxQT09.webp?v=1774212630","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/patients-and-doctors-life-changing-stories-from-primary-care-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}