Sacred Trust: The Ten Rules of Life, Death, and Medicine
An insiders view by a practicing family physician, Sacred Trust reveals the art and practice of medicine and opens a window into its soul. With wry humor, no-holds-barred candid writing style, Dr. Hollenbeck pops the balloon of sanctity that insulates those at the top of the medicine field, exposing the ills behind her profession and recommends the overhaul needed to make the medicine machine hum. Funny, poignant, enlightening and empowering, The Sacred Trust is often unsettling but is sure to inspire a new generation to choose the high road to healing.
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Sacred Trust: The Ten Rules of Life, Death, and Medicine
An insiders view by a practicing family physician, Sacred Trust reveals the art and practice of medicine and opens a window into its soul. With wry humor, no-holds-barred candid writing style, Dr. Hollenbeck pops the balloon of sanctity that insulates those at the top of the medicine field, exposing the ills behind her profession and recommends the overhaul needed to make the medicine machine hum. Funny, poignant, enlightening and empowering, The Sacred Trust is often unsettling but is sure to inspire a new generation to choose the high road to healing.
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Sacred Trust: The Ten Rules of Life, Death, and Medicine

Sacred Trust: The Ten Rules of Life, Death, and Medicine

by Phyllis Hollenbeck
Sacred Trust: The Ten Rules of Life, Death, and Medicine

Sacred Trust: The Ten Rules of Life, Death, and Medicine

by Phyllis Hollenbeck

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An insiders view by a practicing family physician, Sacred Trust reveals the art and practice of medicine and opens a window into its soul. With wry humor, no-holds-barred candid writing style, Dr. Hollenbeck pops the balloon of sanctity that insulates those at the top of the medicine field, exposing the ills behind her profession and recommends the overhaul needed to make the medicine machine hum. Funny, poignant, enlightening and empowering, The Sacred Trust is often unsettling but is sure to inspire a new generation to choose the high road to healing.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781937454227
Publisher: Book Publishers Network
Publication date: 07/01/2005
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 99
File size: 765 KB

About the Author

Phyllis Hollenbeck M. D. is a native of Boston MA. She received both her undergraduate and graduate medical degrees from Brown University. A specialist in Family Medicine, Hollenbeck has experience in solo and group practice, academic teaching and administrative leadership. A board certified and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Dr. Hollenbeck is a mother of three, a working physician and makes music in her spare time.

Table of Contents

Rule #1Being Human1
Rule #2They're Called Vital Signs for a Reason9
Rule #3Speak the Real Language21
Rule #4I Told You What I Told You31
Rule #5Bodies Don't Read Medical Textbooks43
Rule #6Remember Abigail Adams53
Rule #7Til Death Do Us Part71
Rule #8Hospitals Are Why Stations85
Rule #9How To Use Medical Lingo97
Rule #10Don't Break Your Own Rules111
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