Attending Children

In a fast-paced, complicated, and ever more dangerous world it is easy to become self-absorbed and consumed with our own problems. There is one place, however, where we put our self-centered concerns aside, and our deep, common humanity is profoundly touched. That place is where sick children dwell. It is no less difficultand perhaps even more difficult in many waysfor physicians who have chosen to attend to the health and well-being of gravely ill or dying children. Margaret Mohrmann has devoted most of her professional life to them, and in Attending Children she shares the remarkable education those children and their families have given her. Her narratives are both painful and hopeful, tragic and funny, full of remarkable characters and sometimes bizarre families.

First sentence: THIS IS A BOOK of stories from my career as a pediatrician in academic medical centers.

Year

2005

Language

English

Publisher

Georgetown University Press

Editions

1

Pages

212

ISBN

9781589010543

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