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100 1  Seward, Paul|c(M.D.),|eauthor. 
245 10 Patient care :|bdeath and life in the Emergency Room /
       |cPaul Seward, MD. 
264  1 New York :|bCatapult,|c[2018]. 
264  4 |c©2018 
300    xii, 223 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-223). 
520    "Drawing 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?'"
       --|cDescription provided by publisher. 
650  0 Emergency medicine. 
650  0 Medical ethics. 
650  0 Emergency physicians. 
650  0 Emergency medical personnel.