{"product_id":"the-doctors-dilemma-stories-9781951479640","title":"The Doctor's Dilemma: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fragility of life. The persistence of hope. The marvels of medicine.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd, yet who is the surgeon behind the mask or the doctor behind the stethoscope?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn sixteen literary short stories, Daly Walker reveals the great weight that falls on the shoulders of healers. The line between life and death is often as \u003cstrong\u003ethin as the blade of a surgeon's scalpel\u003c\/strong\u003e. \"India's Passage\" reveals a surgeon facing his worst nightmare: a misstep that shakes his confidence and nearly ends his career. In \"Blood\" a surgeon must decide whether to save a life or respect a patient's religious beliefs. In \"Boots on the Ground\" a surgeon in Afghanistan confronts the irony of saving lives in the midst of a combat zone. And, in \"Palliation\" a doctor learns an important lesson about the Hippocratic oath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you like stories \u003cstrong\u003ebrimming with emotion\u003c\/strong\u003e and characters whose flaws and self-doubts make them all the more human, then the luminous tales in Daly Walker's \u003cem\u003eThe Doctor's Dilemma\u003c\/em\u003e will take you on profound journeys of \u003cstrong\u003ediscovery, redemption, and hope\u003c\/strong\u003e. Read \u003cem\u003eThe Doctor's Dilemma\u003c\/em\u003e today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalker, Daly:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Daly Walker is a retired surgeon. He divides his time between Boca Grande, Florida and Quechee, Vermont. He teaches a fiction writer's workshop at Dartmouth College in Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.","brand":"Grand Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50862054637842,"sku":"9781951479640","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d8e8cd80-d265-460d-b04d-2944ca308426.jpg?v=1737611419","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-doctors-dilemma-stories-9781951479640","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}