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Patients Are a VirtuePatients Are a Virtue (book)

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In three decades of medical practice, Brian T. Maurer has found his patients to be virtuous most of the time—virtuous in the sense that they have taught him much of what he has learned about the art of medicine.

Once I would have been ecstatic in diagnosing such a condition. My colleagues would have clapped me on the shoulder. "Nice pick up!" they would’ve said. Some might have turned away, jealous at not having had the chance to step briefly into the limelight.

But now, after 27 years of practice, having raised four children of my own, I know that in pediatrics every diagnostic coup translates into a potential tragedy for a parent. Instead of that surge of pride, I feel something I can’t quite put my finger on—call it humility perhaps. Or call it grace.

These fifty-seven clinical tales in the art medicine evoke what the great Canadian physician and humanist Sir William Osler referred to as the true poetry of life—the poetry of the commonplace.

Brian T Maurer
Village VoicesVillage Voices (book) Print: $13.66 Download: $7.50 "Some of us are on the move; some of us stay put. Some are just starting out, trying their wings, while others are on their last legs, coming home to say good-bye. The birds still sing every spring down along the forest path that runs by the river, where it meanders through the hairpin curve on its way down through the gorge, eventually becoming one with the sound and the sea beyond." In this new collection of tales, Brian T. Maurer captures family life in a New England village. “You learn a lot about life by living in a small town, where everybody has a story to tell on any given day of the week. I’ve added some of them to the pot, stirring them in with my own, and let them simmer over the years before serving them up for my readers to savor.” Patients Are a VirtuePatients Are a Virtue (book) Print: $14.30 Download: $5.00 In three decades of medical practice, Brian T. Maurer has found his patients to be virtuous most of the time—virtuous in the sense that they have taught him much of what he has learned about the art of medicine. Once I would have been ecstatic in diagnosing such a condition. My colleagues would have clapped me on the shoulder. "Nice pick up!" they would’ve said. Some might have turned away, jealous at not having had the chance to step briefly into the limelight. But now, after 27 years of practice, having raised four children of my own, I know that in pediatrics every diagnostic coup translates into a potential tragedy for a parent. Instead of that surge of pride, I feel something I can’t quite put my finger on—call it humility perhaps. Or call it grace. These fifty-seven clinical tales in the art medicine evoke what the great Canadian physician and humanist Sir William Osler referred to as the true poetry of life—the poetry of the commonplace.	Name: Brian Maurer E-mail: btmaurer@cell2soul.org Send this user a message. Brian T. Maurer has practiced pediatric medicine as a Physician Assistant for the past three decades. As a clinician, he has always gravitated toward the humane aspect in patient care—what he calls the soul of medicine. Over the past decade, Mr. Maurer has explored the illness narrative as a tool to enhance the education of medical students and cultivate an appreciation for the delivery of humane medical care. His first book, Patients Are a Virtue, a collection of patient vignettes suitable for the medical professional and lay reader alike, was recently noted in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Mr. Maurer has served on the editorial board of two online open-access journals dedicated to promoting the medical humanities and humane medical practice: Dermanities and Cell2Soul. He currently serves as section editor for Humane Medicine in the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants . Mr. Maurer has published numerous vignettes, editorials and essays in both national and international journals, and writes a monthly column, "Notes from a Healer," for The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine. His "Marginal Notes" column appears regularly in the pages of the Cell2Soul Blog. Mr. Maurer and his wife of thirty-three years have raised their four children in a small hamlet in New England. Interested readers can access more of this author's writings at Brian T Maurer's Weblog.
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Brian T Maurer

Village VoicesVillage Voices (book)

Patients Are a VirtuePatients Are a Virtue (book)