Description |
185 pages ; 21 cm. |
Contents |
Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- the one-pound person -- the visible man -- Weighing the pros and the cons -- The first time -- Guadalupe -- Following procedure -- double life -- Full of grace -- Medjudorje -- Coming home -- Jumping off the cliff -- Go forth -- Conclusions |
Summary |
After a terrible misjudgment in the delivery room, Dr. John Bruchalski realized that with every pregnant woman he attends, there are two patients, the mother and her unborn child. In addition to this discovery, two remarkable spiritual experiences deepened his understanding of the kind of man he had become and the one he was called to be. Two Patients is the story of how a physician who practiced abortion came to question the medical status quo and to pioneer an approach to reproductive medicine that respects female fertility, honors the dignity of unborn children, and offers care to patients regardless of their financial situation. Such health care, writes Dr. John Bruchalski, is merciful medicine, and his memoir gives a glimpse of just how merciful the relationship between a doctor and his two patients, mother and child can be. -- Amazon.com description. |
Subject |
Human reproduction -- United States.
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Abortion -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Pro-life movement -- United States.
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Physicians -- Biography.
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Genre |
Biographies.
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Added Author |
Daniel, Elise, author.
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Lenaburg, Mary, writer of foreword.
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ISBN |
9781621645160 |
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1621645169 |
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