A Piece of My Mind (Jama & Archives Journals)

290 Pages·2005·0.98 MB·English

by  The Journal of the American Medical Association Jama

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To the physicians, nurses, patients,
and their families whose true-life stories
form the basis for these essays.
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Contents
Acknowledgment ix
Foreword by Kathryn Montgomery, PhD xi
Introduction by Roxanne K. Young xv
The “Practice” of Medicine
First Day by Robert E. Murphy 3
A Child’s Pain by Michael J. Collins, MD 5
The Gift by Michael A. Grassi 8
Mrs Rodell by Adria Burrows, MD 10
Tears by Paula S. Krauser, MD, MA 13
The Intern’s Vein by Jordan Smoller, MD 15
When to Touch by Diane Morse, MD 18
Healing Arts by Lisa M. Lanzarone, MD 20
The Legacy by John C. Cozart, MD 22
Shreds of a Flowered Shirt by Emily R. Transue 25
Portraits by John D. Rowlett, MD 27
Paths by Ellen Kroop-Martin, MD 30
The Chief Complaint by Ann E. Dominguez 32
Are You Sure? by Thomas M. Gill, MD 34
Painful Lessons by Michael P. McCarthy, MD 36
Secondary Survey by Meg Verrees 39
A Father’s Eyes by Stephen Schultz, MD 42
Hands On by Mark R. Fleisher, MD 44
Regaining Compassion by James W. Lynch, Jr, MD 46
Watchers by L. Stewart Massad, MD 48
A Vacation Fit for a Coбaкa by Nancy L. Greengold, MD 51
The Person With the Disease by Clifton K. Meador, MD 54
Holding the Heart by Daniel J. Waters, DO 56
Beginnings by Carolyn Wolf-Gould, MD 58
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The Reward by L. Stewart Massad, MD 60
Identity Matters (or Does It?) by Zira DeFries, MD 61
Remembering Jinx by Charles Helms, MD, PhD 63
Light in the Afternoon by J. Dennis Mull, MD, MPH 66
All in the Family
Father’s Day by Elaine Herrmann, RN, MPH 71
Ashes, Ashes by L. Stewart Massad, MD 74
Haying by Harriet A. Squier, MD, MA 76
Last Rounds by Joseph T. Martorano, MD 77
. . . For My Father by Khalid J. Awan, MD, FPAMS 80
Jerico Springs, Missouri by Brent Swager 83
A Doctor in Her House by Bernadine Z. Paulshock, MD 85
Message From Mahler by Dan Gehlbach, MD 88
Moments of Love by David S. Pisetsky, MD, PhD 90
For Everything a Blessing by Kenneth M. Prager, MD 93
A Conversation With My Mother by David M. Eddy, MD, PhD 95
The Dark Side
Do Angels Cry? by Matko Marusˇic´, MD, PhD 105
The Messengers by LTC Michael V. Slayter, VC, USA 107
Remembered Pain by Robert S. McKelvey, MD 110
Belinda, Asleep Without Dreams by Kris Sperry, MD 112
A Simple Act by Reg Green 114
A Winter’s Tale by Gregory J. Davis, MD 117
First Encounter by Daniel J. McCullough III 119
God Save the Child by Charles Atkins, MD 121
Frozen in Time by Robert Burns, MD 124
Thanks for the Memories
Friday Afternoon by John T. Lynn III, MD 131
Leek Soup by James F. Gardner III, MD 132
The History of Crete by Selma Harrison Calmes, MD 135
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House Calls by Ronald F. Galloway, MD 137
Another Language by Marcia Goldoft, MD 139
My Heroes by Nina K. Regevik, MD 141
Retrieval by Robert H. Lokey, MD 143
The Captain by Seigfried J. Kra, MD 145
Dying to Live by Eric G. Anderson, MD 148
The Disability Blues by Dean Schillinger, MD 151
Livia by Joel Lazar, MD 153
Joshua Knew by Liana Roxanne Clark, MD 156
Thank God I Have Cancer by David M. Mumford, MD 157
The Delivery by L. Stewart Massad, MD 160
The Bard in His Outcast State by Steve Schlozman, MD 162
Colors by Fred Leonard, MD 165
Cristina by Peggy Hansen, MD 168
The Little Picture by Barry Gelman, MD 169
Until the Peppers by Bernadine Z. Paulshock, MD 172
Heartpains by Joseph K. Izes, MD 175
By the Numbers by Nancy L. Greengold, MD 177
Laphroaig by John T. Lynn III, MD 180
Babu by Mark S. Smith, MD 182
Jailhouse Blues by Joseph E. Paris, MD 183
The Last Death Song by Steven F. Gordon, MD 185
Flaky by Ronald A. Katz, MD 188
The Man Who Didn’t Know He Had Cancer by Adria Burrows, MD 190
A Purely Cosmetic Procedure by Alan Rockoff, MD 193
The Hymn by David N. Little, MD 195
Monday Morning Clinic by Abigail Zuger, MD 197
Chorea by Ronald H. Lands, MD 200
A Little Night Poetry by Walter Schmidt, LPN 202
Taps by Laurie L. Brown, MD 204
The View From Here
Pace, Pace by Naomi G. Smith 209
The Great Wait by Janice F. Lalikos, MD 211
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Thirty Years Later by Norma C. Wark 214
What Are We Going to Do About Mother? by Evalynn Morgan
Quisenberry, BFA 219
Touch Me by Meg Verrees 222
Respect for the Dead by Dian G. Smith 225
A Thin Green Line by Scott Waters 227
He Lifted His Eyes by Nancy Keene 228
Windows by Frank D. Campion 230
Believer by Kathy Swackhamer 232
A Mutual Investment Company by Cheryl Morai-Young 234
When You Come Into My Room by Stephen A. Schmidt, EdD 236
The Ear by Lauri Umansky Onek 240
Through the Looking Glass by Hester Hill Schnipper, LICSW 242
The Venetian Blinds by Lee Litvinas 247
Come Follow Me by Louis M. Profeta 248
Long Ago Today by Joseph J. Gallo, MD 251
No Better or Wiser, Just Braver and Sicker by Nina Herrmann 253
Perspective Shift by Daniel Shapiro, PhD 256
Glossary 258