Patient Care

“A volume brimming with humanitarian lessons in medicine and life alike. ” —Kirkus Reviews "A generous, compassionate book about what it is to be human and what it is to care. Paul Seward writes in language so clear and compelling you can see straight through it and into the beating heart beneath. " —Kate Cole–Adams, author of AnesthesiaDrawing on a career launched in the first days of the specialty of emergency medicine, Dr. Paul Seward takes the reader with him into the ER in his riveting memoir. Told in fast–paced, stand–alone chapters that recall unforgettable medical cases, Patient Care offers the fascination of medical mysteries, wrapped in the drama of living and dying. A snap judgment about a child nearly kills him, and a priest who may be having a heart attack refuses treatment. An asthmatic man develops air bubbles in his shoulders, and a pharmacist is haunted by a decision he makes. But the book goes beyond these stories. Each chapter explores ethical questions that remind us of the full humanity of patients, nurses, coroners, pharmacists, and, of course, doctors. How do they care for strangers in their moments of crisis? How do they care for themselves? Dr. Seward rejects doctor–as–God narratives to write frankly about moments of failure, and champions the role of his colleagues in health care. And, for all the moral dilemmas here, there is plenty of wit and humor, too. (See the patient who punches our doctor. ) Readers of Patient Care will find themselves thinking along with Dr. Seward: “What is the right thing to do? What would I do? ”

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May 15, 2018
Stories drawn from five decades of work in emergency medicine.Seward, a retired physician, condenses his years of rewarding and compassionate service into a volume of anecdotes that accurately reflect what he has learned from both his colleagues and his patients. A thoughtful, dynamic writer, he shares not only the compelling events that transpire in the emergency room but also what it feels like to work there. He first reflects on medical school training in his 20s and how the semantics of medicine and his beliefs now as a retired physician in his 70s have changed. "I believe that the principal reason we are on this planet," he writes, "is to have our noses constantly rubbed in our obligation to care about people who are strangers to us." His daily experiences from years working on both coasts are consistently compelling: assessing dire end-of-life prognoses, complex cases as a medical student at Boston City Hospital, navigating patient assaults, and treating critical cases involving children. Among the more memorable bedside anecdotes include the poignant opening reflection of a dying young man with a debilitating brain injury and a rather grisly episode of a gardener whose co-worker impaled his neck with pruning shears. While recounting other ordeals, the author provides conversational commentary on the bilateral symmetry of the human form, the author's original desire to be a pediatrician and his crash education in the intensive care nursery, the delicate mechanics of Foley catheter and endotracheal tube insertion, and the characteristics of certain respected and inspirational colleagues. Each of these vignettes creates a fascinating and engrossing experience useful for both medical professionals or anyone with even a casual interest in clinical life. The common thread they share is the unconditional compassionate care extended by a seasoned physician who put his heart and soul into every human encounter.A volume brimming with humanitarian lessons in medicine and life alike.

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2018

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