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Resources and Other Links
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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande. Henry Holt and Company, LLC, New York 2002.
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Empathy and the Practice of Medicine edited by H. Spiro et al. Yale University 1993. Selected chapters are read which focus on the experiences of physicians in caring for the whole patient.
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Is Medicine a Spiritual Practice? by D. P. Sulmasy. Academic Medicine 1999;74:1002-1005. An article that deals with how a spiritual connection between patient and doctor can give meaning to the work of medicine.
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Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. Riverhead Books, New York 1996. Selected stories are read to stimulate discussion about the training of physicians and how they deal with suffering in their own lives and in the care of their patients.
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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story by Abraham Verghese. Simon & Schuster, New York 1994.
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On Doctoring edited by R. Reynolds and John Stone. Simon and Schuster 1991. Selected stories relating to cultural issues such as race, gender, age, income, social status, occupation and how these variables impact the patient-doctor relationship.
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Sacred Space: Stories from a Life in Medicine by Clif Cleaveland, M.D. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia PA 1998. Selected stories that help illuminate the impact of culture, training, suffering and dying on the personal growth and development of a physician. Defines the patient-doctor relationship as a circle of caring, a sacred space, with the patient at the center.
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by J. D. Banby. Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1997. The story of a man who is neurologically “locked in;” his view of the world focusing on relationships and communication.
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The Measure of Our Days by Jerome Groopman, M.D. Viking Penguin 1997. Stories are discussed which reinforce the concept that the physician is an actual therapeutic agent in the healing process.
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York 1997. Excerpts will be read which illustrate how culture differences can adversely affect the delivery of health care.
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The Tennis Partner: A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss by Abraham Verghese. Harper Collins, New York 1998.
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Tuesdays with Morrie by M. Albom. Doubleday, New York 1997. The entire book will be read as a stimulus for discussion regarding issues of end of life, personal growth and relationships.
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