Medical, Neurology 

This book is about ordinary and extraordinary people. They are all patients with different neurological problems, but the focus of the stories is on their personal struggles and their way of coping, rather than the disease. The stories delve into different issues: medical-ethical dilemmas, misunderstandings, secrets, and lies; as well as positive and up-beat attitudes, and the causes of imaginary illnesses. In all stories, however, the overarching theme is the patient and the history the patient relates. PROFESSIONAL REVIEWERS from Neurology have judged the stories to be: touching, poignant ... wonderfully written ... depicting a powerful image of a doctor-patient interaction ... a touching story (of the hard life of a miner) ... a compelling story by a proven author ... the value and pathos in every patient and their struggle to assert their humanity. EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK: 1 - But I need to be sure I am right and I am still bothered there is no family history of the illness. And to be sure, I need to ask you a very serious question. The older woman sat very still, hardly breathing, waiting. ... 2 - I can feed myself, too, she said with great difficulty. Margaret, he said, my young medical students need to know that patients can do surprising things on their own. ... 3 - Gary never remembered when the roof crashed down. His foreman had asked him to work through the lunch hour, to finish bolting up an offset in two roof heights. Suddenly a slab of coal broke free, hitting his helmet and forcing his face into the front of a bolting machine. Eugene found him moments later... - from Amzon