Styron, William. Vintage, 1992.
ISBN-10: 0679736395; ISBN-13: 978-0679736394
This memoir traces the author’s descent into depression and his triumphant recovery.
Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two
Fadiman, Anne. Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks, September 1998.
ISBN-10: 0374525641; ISBN-13: 978-0374525644
This account is a cross-cultural exploration of the Hmong population, originally from Laos, but now living in Merced County, California. It follows the case of Lia, a Hmong child with a progressive and unpredictable form of epilepsy, and maps out conflicts between Western medicine and holistic healing traditions of Hmong immigrants. Unable to enter the Laotian forest to find herbs that will “fix her spirit,” Lia’s family uses the Merced County emergency system, which has little understanding of Hmong animist traditions. The book holds lessons for caregivers on understanding and appreciating cultures different from the mainstream.
Privileged Presence: Personal Stories of Connections in Health Care
Crocker, Liz and Johnson, Bev. Bull Publishing, 2006.
ISBN-10: 0923521968; ISBN-13: 978-0923521967
These stories capture the medical and emotional aspects of being a patient, and offer powerful messages about the essential ingredients of “good” health care: respect, compassion, collaboration, open and honest communication, family involvement, and flexibility and responsiveness to individuals and their needs.
Privileged Presence: Personal Stories of Connections in Health Care
Crocker, Liz et Bev Johnson, Bull Publishing, 2006.
ISBN-10 : 0923521968; ISBN-13 : 978-0923521967
Ces récits font ressortir les aspects médicaux et émotionnels de la vie des patients et livrent une illustration convaincante des qualités essentielles des « bons » soins de santé, à savoir le respect, la compassion, la collaboration, l’ouverture et la franchise des communications, le soutien de la famille, la souplesse et la sensibilité aux personnes et à leurs besoins.
In Our Hands: On Becoming a Doctor
Clarke, Linda E and Nisker, Jeff. Pottersfield Press, 2007.
ISBN-10: 1895900867; ISBN-13: 978-1895900866
This anthology of writings by medical students and residents from across Canada includes fiction, non-fiction and poetry. The collection offers a glimpse of the wonder, challenges and realities these trainees experience.
