Author: John G. Deaton MD
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781938908255
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
It is 1963 at Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, as young intern John Deaton dashes madly through the corridors. Overwhelmed yet invigorated by his new challenge, Deaton soon realizes that an interns life can be exemplary one momentand hopeless the next. Unfortunately, Deaton has no idea that he is about to witness an event that will change his life forever. It is a hot summer day when Maria, one of Deatons OB/ GYN patients, slips into a coma after mysterious abdominal paineven after she delivers a healthy baby. Exasperated after repeatedly expressing his concerns for her care to his superiors, Deaton is devastated as he watches his crucially ill patient suffer death by neglect, an unthinkable crime brazenly covered up by those in authority. As Deaton details his early life and hospital events, he highlights a shocking phenomenon present behind the White Curtain that tells a story as powerful as it is important. This thoughtful, gripping memoir portrays an untold side of the field of medicine and relays an unforgettable message: when a doctor sacrifices everything to save a patient, the doctor is saved too.
The Death of Maria Chavarria
Author: John G. Deaton MD
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781938908255
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
It is 1963 at Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, as young intern John Deaton dashes madly through the corridors. Overwhelmed yet invigorated by his new challenge, Deaton soon realizes that an interns life can be exemplary one momentand hopeless the next. Unfortunately, Deaton has no idea that he is about to witness an event that will change his life forever. It is a hot summer day when Maria, one of Deatons OB/ GYN patients, slips into a coma after mysterious abdominal paineven after she delivers a healthy baby. Exasperated after repeatedly expressing his concerns for her care to his superiors, Deaton is devastated as he watches his crucially ill patient suffer death by neglect, an unthinkable crime brazenly covered up by those in authority. As Deaton details his early life and hospital events, he highlights a shocking phenomenon present behind the White Curtain that tells a story as powerful as it is important. This thoughtful, gripping memoir portrays an untold side of the field of medicine and relays an unforgettable message: when a doctor sacrifices everything to save a patient, the doctor is saved too.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781938908255
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
It is 1963 at Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, as young intern John Deaton dashes madly through the corridors. Overwhelmed yet invigorated by his new challenge, Deaton soon realizes that an interns life can be exemplary one momentand hopeless the next. Unfortunately, Deaton has no idea that he is about to witness an event that will change his life forever. It is a hot summer day when Maria, one of Deatons OB/ GYN patients, slips into a coma after mysterious abdominal paineven after she delivers a healthy baby. Exasperated after repeatedly expressing his concerns for her care to his superiors, Deaton is devastated as he watches his crucially ill patient suffer death by neglect, an unthinkable crime brazenly covered up by those in authority. As Deaton details his early life and hospital events, he highlights a shocking phenomenon present behind the White Curtain that tells a story as powerful as it is important. This thoughtful, gripping memoir portrays an untold side of the field of medicine and relays an unforgettable message: when a doctor sacrifices everything to save a patient, the doctor is saved too.
Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishing
Author: John Gierach
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439127069
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
From the irrepressible author of Trout Bum and The View from Rat Lake comes an engaging, humorous, often profound examination of life's greatest mysteries: sex, death, and fly-fishing. John Gierach's quest takes us from his quiet home water (an ordinary, run-of-the-mill trout stream where fly-fishing can be a casual affair) to Utah's famous Green River, and to unknown creeks throughout the Western states and Canada. We're introduced to a lively group of fishing buddies, some local "experts" and even an ex-girlfriend, along the way Contemplative, evocative, and wry, he shares insights on mayflies and men, fishing and sport, life and love, and the meaning (or meaninglessness) of it all.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439127069
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
From the irrepressible author of Trout Bum and The View from Rat Lake comes an engaging, humorous, often profound examination of life's greatest mysteries: sex, death, and fly-fishing. John Gierach's quest takes us from his quiet home water (an ordinary, run-of-the-mill trout stream where fly-fishing can be a casual affair) to Utah's famous Green River, and to unknown creeks throughout the Western states and Canada. We're introduced to a lively group of fishing buddies, some local "experts" and even an ex-girlfriend, along the way Contemplative, evocative, and wry, he shares insights on mayflies and men, fishing and sport, life and love, and the meaning (or meaninglessness) of it all.
Reports of Cases Determined in the District Courts of Appeal of the State of California
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 944
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Reports of Cases Determined in the District Courts of Appeal of the State of California
Author: California. District Courts of Appeal
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 954
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 954
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Your Truth
Author: Eileen R. Hannegan
Publisher: M J F Books
ISBN: 9781567315097
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher: M J F Books
ISBN: 9781567315097
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The Postal Record
West's California Reporter
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 974
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 974
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Nicaragua, the Human Tragedy of the War, April-June, 1986
Author: Mary Dutcher
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Category : Atrocities
Languages : en
Pages : 66
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Category : Atrocities
Languages : en
Pages : 66
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Guatemala!
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Category : Indians of Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Category : Indians of Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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