One Doctor : Close Calls, Cold Cases, and the Mysteries of Medicine (Paperback)

from NielsenGW

Medicine is simultaneously one of the most rewarding and heart-breaking fields to work in. Every day, millions of physicians are tasked with managing the livelihoods of countless injured or sick patients. They can have an infinite number of backgrounds and come in with a dizzying array of issues....

from Suzieqkc

Each of us needs to have at least one doctor who knows us well.

from avidmom

"For centuries, medicine had been considered more than a "helping profession," it was a vocation, akin in many respects to religious ministry. But, in our increasingly secularized society, even the (non-religious) "Samaritan" role of doctors - empathizing with and helping others, has been devalue...

from arubabookwoman

Brendan Reilly an internist with 40 years of experience practicing medicine divides this memoir into three sections, Now, Then, and Now. In the two Now sections he discusses in real time from his personal view point, his experiences on call in New York City Hospital over a couple of days (the sec...

from bgknighton

Very interesting, wide ranging, very personal view of medicine. Dr Reilly does not spare anyone, even himself, in this view of how medicine works now. It is both an overview of his history in medical practice and an overview of how medical practice has changed in his lifetime. It makes me wish fo...