Writer, M.D.
The Best Contemporary Fiction and Nonfiction by Doctors
Published on 10. January 2012
256 pages
978-0-307-94687-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Leah Kaminsky is an award-winning writer and a practicing family physician. She is the author of four books, including Stitching Things Together, a collection of poetry. She has studied writing at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, New York University, and Vermont College of Fine Arts, and is currently at work on her first novel. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Epigraph
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Nonfiction
- Bedside Manners Abraham Verghese
- Index Case Perri Klass
- Resurrectionist Pauline W. Chen
- Intensive Care Danielle Ofri
- Falling Down Sandeep Jauhar
- Beauty Gabriel Weston
- Do Not Go Gentle Irvin Yalom
- The Lost Mariner Oliver Sacks
- The Learning Curve Atul Gawande
- The Infernal Chorus Robert Jay Lifton
- Fiction
- We are Nighttime Travelers Ethan Canin
- Dog 1, Dog 2 Nick Earls
- The Duty to Die Cheaply Peter Goldsworthy
- Finding Joshua Jacinta Halloran
- Tahirih Leah Kaminsky
- Communion John Murray
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
