Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Every Friday, Pulse - voices from the heart of medicine (www.pulsemagazine.org) delivers its online readers one compelling first-person story or poem about health care. Intimate and powerful, these writings by patients and doctors, caregivers and nurses, mental health professionals and students capture real-life health care in a way that is honest, pointed and unique - opening a window into medicine at a time when millions are calling for change in the way that health care is conducted. Now collected together in a book - Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine - The First Year, edited by Paul Gross, MD and Diane Guernsey - is every issue of Pulse's first year.
Synopsis
Every Friday, Pulse--voices from the heart of medicine (www.pulsemagazine.org) sends its readers a compelling first-person story or poem about health care. These intimate and authentic voices of health professionals, patients and students have earned Pulse an enthusiastic and growing international readership. This volume includes every story and poem from Pulse's first year of publication. "All of the stories in this book...are told with a kind of urgency; these encounters change lives and mark memories. This collection is in some sense about writing for one's life..." Perri Klass, JAMA