In Singular Intimacies, which the New England Journal of Medicine said captured the'essence of becoming and being a doctor, ' Danielle Ofri led us into the hectic, constantly challenging world of big-city medicine.
In Incidental Findings, she's finished her training and is learning through practice to become a more rounded healer.
The book opens with a dramatic tale of the tables being turned on Dr.
Ofri: She's had to shed the precious white coat and credentials she worked so hard to earn and enter her own hospital as a patient.
She experiences the real'slight prick and pressure' of a long needle as well as the very real sense of invasion and panic that routinely visits her patients.
These fifteen intertwined tales include 'Living Will, ' where Dr.
Ofri treats a man who has lost the will to live, and she too comes dangerously close to concluding that he has nothing to live for;'Common Ground, ' in which a patient's difficult decision to have an abortion highlights the vulnerabilities of doctor and patient alike;'Acne, ' where she is confronted by a patient whose physical and emotional abuse she can't possibly heal, so she must settle on treating the one thing she can, the least of her patient's problems; and finally a stunning concluding chapter, 'Tools of the Trade, ' where Dr.
Ofri's touch is the last in a woman's long life.
| Ofri | Shes had to shed the precious white coat and credentials she worked so hard to earn and enter her own hospital as a patient |
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Beacon Press (ma) Incidental findings: lessons from my patients in the art of medicine, paperback/danielle ofri
