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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Reilly, Brendan M.     Subjects     Reilly, Brendan M.     Physicians -- United States -- Biography.     Physician's Role -- Personal Narratives.     Physician and patient -- Personal narratives.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Reilly, Brendan M.       by title:      One doctor : close c...       by call number:      610.92 R362o     Search the Web     Reilly, Brendan M.     Reilly, Brendan M.     Physicians -- United States -- Biography.     Physician's Role -- Personal Narratives.     Physician and patient -- Personal narratives.       MARC Display

One doctor : close calls, cold cases, and the mysteries of medicine / Brendan Reilly. by Reilly, Brendan M. Atria Books, 2013. Call #: 610.92 R362o Subjects Reilly, Brendan M.   Physicians -- United States -- Biography.   Physician's Role -- Personal Narratives.   Physician and patient -- Personal narratives. ISBN:  9781476726298 1476726299 Description:  352 p. ; 24 cm. Notes:  Includes index. Summary:  "An epic story told by a unique voice in Ameri­can medicine, One Doctor describes life-changing experiences in the career of a distinguished physi­cian. In riveting first-person prose, Dr. Brendan Reilly takes us to the front lines of medicine today. Whipsawed by daily crises and frustra­tions, Reilly must deal with several daunting challenges simultaneously: the extraordinary patients under his care on the teeming wards of a renowned teaching hospital; the life-threatening illnesses of both of his ninety-year-old parents; and the tragic memory of a cold case from long ago that haunts him still. As Reilly’s patients and their families survive close calls, struggle with heartrending decisions, and confront the limits of medicine’s power to cure, One Doctor lays bare a fragmented, depersonal­ized, business-driven health-care system where real caring is hard to find. Every day, Reilly sees patients who fall through the cracks and suffer harm because they lack one doctor who knows them well and relentlessly advocates for their best interests. Filled with fascinating characters in New York City and rural New England—people with dark secrets, mysterious illnesses, impos­sible dreams, and many kinds of courage—One Doctor tells their stories with sensitivity and empathy, reminding us of professional values once held dear by all physicians. But medicine has changed enormously during Reilly’s career, for both better and worse, and One Doctor is a cautionary tale about those changes. It is also a hopeful, inspiring account of medicine’s poten­tial to improve people’s lives, Reilly’s quest to understand the “truth” about doctoring, and a moving testament to the difference one doctor can make."--Jacket. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 610.92 R362o Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Bedford Public Library Adult Nonfiction 610.92 R362o Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Nonfiction 610.92 R362o Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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