White Coat, Purple Coat
Author : Dannie Abse
Publisher : New York : Persea Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 33,59 MB
Release : 1991-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780892551538
Author : Dannie Abse
Publisher : New York : Persea Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 33,59 MB
Release : 1991-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780892551538
Author : Dannie Abse
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 22,17 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Poetry
ISBN :
Author : Damon Tweedy, M.D.
Publisher : Picador
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 31,19 MB
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1250044642
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S TOP TEN NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK SELECTION • A BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE BOOK SELECTION One doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of black Americans When Damon Tweedy begins medical school,he envisions a bright future where his segregated, working-class background will become largely irrelevant. Instead, he finds that he has joined a new world where race is front and center. The recipient of a scholarship designed to increase black student enrollment, Tweedy soon meets a professor who bluntly questions whether he belongs in medical school, a moment that crystallizes the challenges he will face throughout his career. Making matters worse, in lecture after lecture the common refrain for numerous diseases resounds, "More common in blacks than in whites." Black Man in a White Coat examines the complex ways in which both black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine. As Tweedy transforms from student to practicing physician, he discovers how often race influences his encounters with patients. Through their stories, he illustrates the complex social, cultural, and economic factors at the root of many health problems in the black community. These issues take on greater meaning when Tweedy is himself diagnosed with a chronic disease far more common among black people. In this powerful, moving, and deeply empathic book, Tweedy explores the challenges confronting black doctors, and the disproportionate health burdens faced by black patients, ultimately seeking a way forward to better treatment and more compassionate care.
Author : James Feinstein
Publisher : FeinMind Media
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,67 MB
Release : 2009-11-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0985399201
Most people will, at some point or another, either find themselves dressed in a tiny hospital gown or staring at someone else dressed in a tiny hospital gown. Whether from the perspective of a patient, a family member, or a medical professional, we all have a significant stake in the process of medical education. While numerous memoirs recount physicians’ grueling experiences during residency, few focus on the even more formative portion of medical training: the third year of medical school—the clinical year. Short White Coat: Lessons from Patients on Becoming a Doctor is the disarmingly honest, yet endearing and sometimes funny account of a medical student’s humbling initiation into the world of patient care. Written during his third year of medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, James Feinstein’s Short White Coat uses a series of engaging narrative essays to illustrate the universal life lessons that his very first patients teach him. He examines some of the most common issues and feelings that medical students encounter while learning how to meet, talk with, touch, and care for their patients. Along the way, he learns from his own mistakes before discovering the answer to the question that plagues every medical student: “Do I have what it takes to become a doctor?”
Author : Madi Sinha
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 24,5 MB
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0593098196
Grey’s Anatomy meets Scrubs in this brilliant debut novel about a young doctor’s struggle to survive residency, love, and life. Having spent the last twenty-something years with her nose in a textbook, brilliant and driven Norah Kapadia has just landed the medical residency of her dreams. But after a disastrous first day, she's ready to quit. Disgruntled patients, sleep deprivation, and her duty to be the "perfect Indian daughter" have her questioning her future as a doctor. Enter chief resident Ethan Cantor. He's everything Norah aspires to be: respected by the attending physicians, calm during emergencies, and charismatic with his patients. And as he morphs from Norah’s mentor to something more, it seems her luck is finally changing. But when a fatal medical mistake is made, pulling Norah into a cover-up, she must decide how far she’s willing to go to protect the secret. What if “doing no harm” means putting herself at risk?
Author : Amy Hest
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,25 MB
Release : 1992-09-08
Category :
ISBN : 9780785704317
For use in schools and libraries only. Despite her mother's reminder that -navy blue is what you always get,- Gabby begs her tailor grandfather to make her a beautiful purple fall coat.
Author : Carl Elliott
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 30,16 MB
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0807061441
By New Yorker and Atlantic writer Carl Elliott, a readable and even funny account of the serious business of medicine. A tongue-in-cheek account of the changes that have transformed medicine into big business. Physician and medical ethicist Carl Elliott tracks the new world of commercialized medicine from start to finish, introducing the professional guinea pigs, ghostwriters, thought leaders, drug reps, public relations pros, and even medical ethicists who use medicine for (sometimes huge) financial gain. Along the way, he uncovers the cost to patients lost in a health-care universe centered around consumerism.
Author : Maribeth Boelts
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,44 MB
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1536204978
Beetle gives Stick Bug an attention-grabbing coat for his birthday—but is that what Stick Bug really wants? A delightful story about friends learning to understand each other. It’s almost Stick Bug’s birthday, and his fashionable friend Beetle can’t wait to give him his present—a purple puffy coat! The coat draws a lot of attention and makes Stick Bug really stick out in the crowd. Beetle thinks that’s terrific! He brings Stick Bug all over town, happily boasting and bragging (while Stick Bug waits behind a tree, in a pile of leaves, or under a bench). Oh, dear—maybe Stick Bug isn’t as wild about the purple puffy coat as Beetle is! What can the two friends do? Charming illustrations bring to life both characters’ endearing struggles in this warm and humorous story about learning to pay attention to what makes your friend happy rather than what makes you happy.
Author : Amber Robins,
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 28,84 MB
Release : 2018-04-23
Category :
ISBN : 9781987634662
Becoming a doctor is where the story begins for the authors of "The Chronicles of Women in White Coats". These twenty doctors give you a peek into their personal and professional lives while highlighting their roles as mothers, wives, caregivers, daughters, best friends, and so much more. From stories of sexual assault to breast cancer or even burn out to finding one's true passion, they all come together to show the resilience and strength that female doctors must possess. Their patient narratives are also stirring and reveal what goes through the minds of doctors before and after seeing those they care for.
Author : Joseph Murphy
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 24,82 MB
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1462823017
The story is a fast-paced human drama. High school is a time of innocence, a time for fun, when adolescents establish a set of values that will last a lifetime. In 1957, teens were carousing all across the country, as the 1950s were in full roar. The Bronx, New York was no different. Relive the adventures of the in crowd at St. Helenas Catholic high school as they learn the importance of friendship and the meaning of love. On a lark, four high school seniors celebrate an 18th birthday party in the school cafeteria. The only problems were that the school was closed for the night, and they brought along a keg of beer for the party. The nuns living three floors above, hear the commotion and think a rape is in process and phone the police, causing all Hell to break loose. The influence of the church and school seemed limitless. Most of the clergy served as a maturing authority to guide their students along the straight and narrow path. However, one rouge administrator had his own interpretation of the Lords missive. From this Brothers prospective, it was the principle behind the punishment that mattered. Responsible adults would be developed out of irresponsible boys. His actions and excessive punishments aimed at breaking down a select few pranksters would only serve as a rallying point to unify the student body and faculty to support the targets of his vengeance.