Patient by Patient: Lessons in Love, Loss, Hope, and Healing from a Doctor's Practice
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (840 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312372795 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Emily Transue earned her credentials in medical school, but learns lessons of a different kind when she embarks on private practice. As Dr. Transue guides them through routine exams and life-challenging crises she learns much about life and death, hope and fear and being the physician she wants to be. Her patients, some delightful, some difficult, all come to her for medical advice but, they are not the only ones gaining from the experience. These lessons carry over into her personal life as she struggles with heartwrenching illness and loss in her own family. Throughout, she is a keen observer of her patients, their families, and their lives.
A must read for to be physicians Dr Transue eloquently lays out the struggle every new physican goes through: how to balance your professional life with your real life. Most, if not all, residents unergo this "shock" when trying to transition from student to doctor. I highly recommend this book to anyone, but especially to those who are progressing through a medical career.. Lynn Harnett said Empathy and humor make practice perfect. Internist Transue's memoir of her early years in practice begins in trepidation and excitement. In her years of training, there were many diagnoses and decisions, but always a supervisor to pass judgment on her findings. Not any more."From here on, though I could and often would ask advice of my colleagues, there would be nobody above me. I was on my own. With that first patient, that fact in itself was terrifying."Trained to think in crisis mode in the hospital, she has to adjust to the new rhythm of primary care in which many people are not sick, or not very. But some are.Transue introduces . Thank you, Dr. Transue! Nancy J. Lotto I would not ordinarily comment on-line about books I have read. However, I would love it if every woman out there who is juggling the emotions and logistics of working (at home or outside home), raising children, and especially for anyone who has a parent or loved one with Alzheimers, to read Dr. Transue's book. You know, until you have "been there" there is no way to honestly share and understand. Dr. Transue expresses her experiences with real life so very eloquently in this book. On one page I was laughing hysterically and one page later I was in tears. I have been searching for the words t
She works as a general internist at a multispecialty group in Seattle, and is a clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Washington. She has also published stories and poems in JAMA, Dartmouth Medicine, and elsewhere.. Emily R. She did her residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle. She received the Providence-Seattle Medical Center Outstanding Educator of the Year award in 2003, and is a Fellow of the American Col
It is filled with hope and with courage and with joy.” Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of the Program in Narrative Medicine, Columbia University“An intimate portrait of the doctor-patient relationship. Doctors and patients seeking renewal, inspiration, laughter, and wisdom will find them all in this deftly written book. “Quiet, funny, and sad, the daily life of this fully alive physician becomes a model for the life of the fully alive self. Emily Transue offers insightful and engaging reflections on the interplay of health and illness.” Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, author of Incidental Findings, Editor-in-Chief, Bellevue Literary Review