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123 Very Short Stories from a Long Life in Medicine

by Stan Lubin

A physician’s career in brief encounters

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A physician’s career in brief encounters

Stan Lubin draws on five decades of medical work in Canada, the UK, the United States and the Truk Islands of Micronesia for a collection of 123 short personal anecdotes. The episodes span different stages and pressures of care: childbirth, decisions around an elderly relative’s end of life, and treatment in emergency rooms. Together, they offer glimpses of patients and families as well as the doctors and other healthcare workers who support them. The book’s medical setting is grounded in everyday encounters across small towns and cities, with the collection also touching on vulnerability, joy and mortality.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in first-person accounts of a physician’s career.
  • Those curious about patient and family experiences in varied medical settings.
  • Healthcare professionals interested in brief anecdotes about clinical work.

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Medical practice across countries and communitiesPatient and family experiences of careBirth, illness and end-of-life decisionsVulnerability and mortality

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Book overview

A baby is born, after a long nerve-wracking labour. A family struggles to make the right end-of-life decision for an elderly relative. Addicts and eccentrics find themselves in hospital emergency rooms. And doctors are there: treating patients with illness and injuries, day in and day out. In 123 Very Short Stories from a Long Life in Medicine, Dr. Stan Lubin recounts his 50 year career as a physician working in Canada, the UK, and US, along with a stint in the Truk Islands, Micronesia.

This memoir, composed of personal anecdotes, is an engaging and emotional journey, not just for those in the medical profession but all readers who wish to get a glimpse inside the lives of people seeking care in both small towns and cities. Written with a depth of medical detail yet still accessible to casual readers, Dr. Lubin's thought-provoking stories will make readers consider their own beliefs, vulnerabilities, joys and, indeed, mortality.

123 Very Short Stories from a Long Life in Medicine also serves as an uplifting reminder of the expertise, compassion, and unflagging work of doctors and other healthcare professionals who support patients and their families through all stages of life.
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