Cowboys and Indian
Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
Published: 2021
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780875657721
Subjects: Medicine
Description: "Cowboys and Indian: A Doctor's First Year in Texas is an engaging account of a doctor's first year of practice in an underserved Texas hospital. Besides the challenges of being an immigrant and a husband and father, the doctor manages medical emergencies like cardiac arrests, collapsed lungs, industrial accidents, lacerations, and other traumas-all with minimal resources. In the course of that fateful first year, the heart-warming and often hilarious events show medical science at its best. This book shows a doctor's life at an intimate level, with its many rewards, struggles, and exchanges. This memoir reveals that humor, compassion, and humility make the practice of medicine fulfilling and inspiring"--