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About this book
In this highly articulate, down-to-earth, generous, and thoughtful book, Dr. David Galler tells stories of life and death from his position as head of intensive care at a busy city hospital. Weaving his own personal stories throughoutâincluding the death of his parentsâDavid frames a number of chapters around key organs such as the heart, brain, and kidneys, talking about their physical nature as well as their importance emotionally and holistically. He discusses wider issues, like difficult conversations with patients and the doctor patient relationship in general, as well as broader topics like organ donation. While
Things That Matter isn't sentimental or mawkish, neither is it clinical. It's an intelligent read, and an eye-opener for those not in the medical world. David doesn't shy away from the political, either, and covers topics like treating people, not diseases; where medicine has gone wrong and how we might fix it; and when doing less can be more and doing things differently can be life saving for patients and hospitals alike.
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Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER 1 THE HEARTâRELIABLE, RESILIENT, MARVELLOUS BUT SOMETIMES THE DUMBEST ORGAN OF THEM ALL
- CHAPTER 2 HAT AND HOPE IS NOT A PLAN
- CHAPTER 3 THE KIDNEYâFAR TOO CLEVER AN ORGAN TO EAT!
- CHAPTER 4 THE MODERN DAY PLAGUEâWEIGHING US DOWN
- CHAPTER 5 MEDICAL REVOLUTIONARIESâWE NEED MORE
- CHAPTER 6 CLOSE CALLSâTHE THIN LINE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH
- CHAPTER 7 THE ULTIMATE GIFTâLIFE
- CHAPTER 8 THE ART OF MEDICINEâLESS IS MORE
- CHAPTER 9 MY BEST EVER PATIENTâ72154
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- GLOSSARY
- REFERENCES