Attending Others: A Doctor's Education in Bodies and Words - Paperback
by Brian Volck
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Cascade BooksISBN-13:9781620327289ISBN-10:1620327287UPC:9781620327289Book Category:Literary Criticism, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Medical (Incl. Patients), ReligiousSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCPKX2FZ91
Attending Others: A Doctor's Education in Bodies and Words
Becoming a doctor requires years of formal education, but one learns the practice of medicine only through direct encounters with the fragile others called "patients." Pediatrician Brian Volck recounts his own education in the mysteries of suffering bodies, powerful words, and natural beauty. It's a curriculum where the best teachers are children and their mothers, the classrooms are Central...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cascade BooksISBN-13:9781620327289ISBN-10:1620327287UPC:9781620327289Book Category:Literary Criticism, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Medical (Incl. Patients), ReligiousSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCPKX2FZ91
Brian Volck is a pediatrician and writer with an MD from Washington University in St. Louis and an MFA in creative nonfiction from Seattle Pacific University. His first collection of poetry, Flesh Becomes Word, was released in 2013. His essays, poetry, and reviews have appeared in America, The Christian Century, DoubleTake, Health Affairs, and IMAGE.
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