{"product_id":"incidental-findings-lessons-from-my-patients-in-the-art-of-medicine-9780807072677","title":"Incidental Findings: Lessons from My Patients in the Art of Medicine","description":"In \u003ci\u003eSingular Intimacies, \u003c\/i\u003e which the \u003ci\u003eNew England Journal of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e said captured the'essence of becoming and being a doctor, ' Danielle Ofri led us into the hectic, constantly challenging world of big-city medicine. In \u003ci\u003eIncidental Findings, \u003c\/i\u003e she's finished her training and is learning through practice to become a more rounded healer. The book opens with a dramatic tale of the tables being turned on Dr. Ofri: She's had to shed the precious white coat and credentials she worked so hard to earn and enter her own hospital as a patient. She experiences the real'slight prick and pressure' of a long needle as well as the very real sense of invasion and panic that routinely visits her patients. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese fifteen intertwined tales include 'Living Will, ' where Dr. Ofri treats a man who has lost the will to live, and she too comes dangerously close to concluding that he has nothing to live for;'Common Ground, ' in which a patient's difficult decision to have an abortion highlights the vulnerabilities of doctor and patient alike;'Acne, ' where she is confronted by a patient whose physical and emotional abuse she can't possibly heal, so she must settle on treating the one thing she can, the least of her patient's problems; and finally a stunning concluding chapter, 'Tools of the Trade, ' where Dr. Ofri's touch is the last in a woman's long life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Danielle Ofri, author of \u003ci\u003eSingular Intimacies\u003c\/i\u003e, is an attending physician at Bellevue and the cofounder and editor-in-chief of the \u003ci\u003eBellevue Literary Review.\u003c\/i\u003e She is currently a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew England Journal of Medicine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328582947090,"sku":"9780807072677","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_388cb43c-0f0f-4442-8e76-f0702ec24389.jpg?v=1727744912","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/incidental-findings-lessons-from-my-patients-in-the-art-of-medicine-9780807072677","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}