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The tincture of time : a memoir of (medical) uncertainty
\"Growing up as the daughter of a dedicated surgeon, Elizabeth L. Silver felt an unquestioned faith in medicine. When her six-week-old daughter, Abby, was rushed to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with sudden seizures, and scans revealed a serious brain bleed, her relationship to medicine began to change. The Tincture of Time is Silver's gorgeous and haunting chronicle of Abby's first year. It's a year of unending tests, doctors' opinions, sleepless nights, promising signs and steps backward, and above all, uncertainty : The mysterious circumstances of Abby's hospitalization attract dozens of specialists, none of whom can offer a conclusive answer about what went wrong or what the future holds. As Silver explores what it means to cope with uncertainty as a patient and parent and seeks peace in the reality that Abby's injury may never be fully understood, she looks beyond her own story for comfort, probing literature and religion, examining the practice of medicine throughout history, and reporting the experiences of doctors, patients, and fellow caretakers. The result is a brilliant blend of personal narrative and cultural analysis, at once a poignant snapshot of a parent's struggle and a wise meditation on the reality of uncertainty, in and out of medicine, and the hard-won truth that time is often its only cure. Heart-wrenching, unflinchingly honest, and beautifully written, The Tincture of Time is a powerful story of parenthood, an astute investigation of the boundaries of medicine, and an inspiring reminder of life's precariousness\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Living Cancer
Long days, important decisions, difficult conversations. A doctor's work is never truly done. After working as a pediatric oncologist for 40 years, Dr. Michael Weiner has collected a multitude of stories. From the best case scenarios to the worst, Dr. Weiner has chosen to share some of the most memorable and heartbreaking moments of his career. Always in close contact with pain and heartbreak, his accounts express his willingness to help patients and their families through great times of need. His observations about cancer are further informed when his daughter was diagnosed with cancer as well as his own personal cancer journey.
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August 2023 obituaries
An obituary for physicians, including John E. Anderson, who died on May 7, 2023 at the age of 86, Friedrich H. Bauer, who died on April 1, 2023 at the age of 83, and Beatriz M. Behar, who died on Nov 29, 2022 at the age of 88. Anderson is survived by his wife Eleanor, 3 children and 4 grandchildren.
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The Crazy, Wonderful Things Kids Say
Hey, doctor, I want to tell you something!\"
For 54 years, kids have shared with pediatrician Arnold Tanis stories, questions, and bold pronouncements about their childhood worlds. In between treating them, the good doctor wrote many of them down. Three generations of patients offer memorable and downright funny observations and opinions about all sorts of things: shots, school, their brothers and sisters, growing up, and even Dr. Tanis himself and whether he can sing as well as he thinks he does. The parents also chime in, both to complain about all their kids put them through and to celebrate how well they eventually turn out.A tireless, lifelong advocate of child safety, Dr. Tanis's impact on his patients and their families spans decades. This book is a testament to his career and a memorable glimpse of the warm and sometimes crazy world of a singing pediatrician.
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Elizabeth Blackwell: breaching the barriers for women in medicine
When Blackwell was refused posts in male-run hospitals, she founded her own, the New York Infirmary for Women and Children, both to treat the city's poor and provide clinical experience for other female doctors. Medicine seemed an unlikely choice; she “hated everything connected with the body, and could not bear the sight of a medical book”, Blackwell wrote in her autobiography, Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women. [...]Blackwell had more professional success in London, UK, where doctors, led by the surgeon Sir James Paget, welcomed her into every ward at St Bartholomew's Hospital, apart from the department for women since the professor there “entirely disapproved of a lady's studying medicine”. [...]although she devoted her life to treating women and promoting women's health, Blackwell could be, on occasion, critical of women in general. Since she was rejected for posts in New York hospitals, Blackwell raised funds to found her own and what became the New York Infirmary for Women and Children opened in Bleecker Street in 1857.
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