We see that javascript is disabled or not supported by your browser - javascript is needed for important actions on the site. Read more

What's New - Home - Login

Member $avings: $81,771,136.85 | Books Available: 722,028 | Members Online: 185

Swap Used Books - Buy New Books at Great Prices!

How To Swap Books Sign Up Search submenu

PBS Market (New Books)

Gift Buying Guide

Book Browser Advanced Search Books Posted Today Member Book Reviews Award Winning Books NYT Best Sellers Amazon Best Sellers Most Traveled Copies Club Wish List

Discussion Forums Book Lists

Club Lists My Book Lists My Watched Lists Create a List

Blog Donations

School Donation Program In Memory of... Military Donation Program Friends of PBS

Box-O-Books Maps The Eclectic Pen Fun Stuff

20 Questions Sudoku Bookmark Creator

Top 100

Requests Posts Swappers Referrers Reviewers

Pulse of PBS Spread The Word

Invite Friends Bookmarks Facebook Page Facebook App More Ways...

Photo Gallery Recipes Club Tag Cloud Member Testimonials

Help Center submenu

How To Swap Books Browse Help Docs Ask the Librarian PBS Member Icons Live Help

Kiosk

PBS Market (New Books) Go Shopping Buy Credits Buy PBS Money Upgrade Membership Gift Certificates Transfer Credits

Need Help?

Search - Genetic Rounds: A Doctor's Encounters in the Field that Revolutionized Medicine

Genetic Rounds A Doctor's Encounters in the Field that Revolutionized Medicine
Author: Robert Marion

Renowned pediatrician and author Dr. Robert Marion, whose bestselling book The Intern Blues is revered by doctors of all ages, offers a powerful and moving account of his experiences in modern genetics. His gripping stories illuminate a cutting-edge field of impossible moral complexities and incredible scientific breakthroughs that draw h... more »im deep into the lives of his patients and their families when they need him the most. Genetics is a specialty of secrets. After thirty years as a pediatric geneticist in New York City, Dr. Robert Marion knows things about his patients that their friends, their families, and even they themselves do not. Having access to this kind of inside information is at once a terrific honor and a terrible burden. It requires Dr. Marion to play detective, philosopher, physician, and friend, sometimes all over the course of a single visit. In Genetic Rounds, he tells the surprising true stories of daily life as a clinical geneticist. From the girl whose bones break at the lightest touch to the boy who is unable to sweat, Dr. Marion imparts the life-long lessons he has learned from his most incredible cases. He walks us through perplexing medical puzzles that have sharpened his wit and transformed him into a Sherlock Holmes in his field. He shares ingenious practical insights that have changed his patients? lives. And he delves into the moral quandaries through which his patients in turn have changed his life: Should he wait until after Christmas to break bad news to a frightened family? Should he tell a close friend that his daughter may have a life-threatening, previously undiagnosed disease? And, most importantly, how can he persevere in a specialty that deals with so much heartbreak? The first book of its kind, Genetic Rounds is the story of a remarkable doctor in a field unlike any other. With unforgettable candor and compassion, Dr. Marion not only explores the human side of medicine: he shows what medicine can teach us about being human. ?Genetic Rounds is part medical detective story, part scientific tour de force, and part highly personal and emotional story of a doctor and the children and families who have shaped his career and his life in this fascinating field.? ?Perri Klass, MD, author of Treatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor From Genetic Rounds ?I?ve learned that in medicine, virtually anything is possible, that no matter how difficult or unlikely a situation might be, with hard work, perseverance, persistence, and the ability to work with people who are brilliant and creative, miracles can happen.? Praise for The Intern Blues ?A candid . . . gripping account.? ?The New York Times Book Review ?A thought-provoking study of real human beings.? ?Booklist ?An important book for anyone contemplating the long, arduous task of becoming a doctor.? ?Library Journal Praise for Learning to Play God ?Clear, immediate and moving . . . provides as good a feel for the texture of medical training as any I've read.? ?The New York Times Book Review

ISBN-13: 9781607144601
ISBN-10: 1607144603
Publication Date: 10/6/2009
Pages: 304
Rating:

Currently 4.8/5 Stars.

4.8 stars, based on 2 ratings

Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

Genres:

Biographies & Memoirs >> General
Biographies & Memoirs >> Professionals & Academics >> Medical
Medicine >> Basic Science >> Genetics
Medicine >> General
Medicine >> Special Topics >> History
Medicine >> Specialties >> Pediatrics >> General
Medical Books >> Basic Sciences >> Genetics

Back to the Top ↑

Search - Genetic Rounds: A Doctor's Encounters in the Field that Revolutionized Medicine

Loading...