Title: Characteristics of compassion : portraits of exemplary physicians /
Authors: Meldrum, Helen.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Physician-Patient Relations; Physician's Role; Empathy; Physicians; Physicians Awards United States; Physicians United States Biography
Contents: Introduction and overview -- The woman who answered more than one calling : Dr. Anne Brooks -- Supporting this small and sickly world : Dr. Michael VanRooyen -- Finding peace on the other side of trauma : Dr. Sylvia Campbell -- The doctor who flunked retirement : Dr. Jack McConnell -- A voice for the urban and rural poor : Dr. Bruce Gould -- Making common ground for faith and health : Dr. G. Scott Morris -- Listening to many truths : Dr. Colleen Kivlahan -- Inheriting a commitment to service : Dr. Mark Asperilla -- What's harder than brain surgery? Mobilizing the healthcare community : Dr. Gary VanderArk -- His Rx, spiritual healing : Dr. Gerald G. "Jerry" Jampolsky -- Living from missing to mission : Dr. Jeannette South-Paul -- Having an impact on health in the small town and leaving a bigger legacy : Dr. Leonard Morse -- Have compassionate care, will travel : Dr. Wendy Ring -- The kindest cut, surgery with soul : Dr. William Schecter, with Dr. Gisela Schecter -- A summation of what was shared.