Tale of an Unlikely Pediatrician |
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| Author:
| Winick, Paul |
| ISBN: | 978-1-7283-2579-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2019 |
| Publisher: | AuthorHouse
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $3.99 |
Book Description:
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This is the story of an adolescent being pushed by his parents and grandmother into being a doctor. As he had no other plans for his life, other than being a baseball player for which he had no talent, he acquiesced. Even after finishing medical school, he felt like a failure. However, during his internship he developed a passion for pediatrics, as he bonded with a terminally ill eleven-year-old boy through their mutual love for baseball. Along the journey we meet a number of his...
More DescriptionThis is the story of an adolescent being pushed by his parents and grandmother into being a doctor. As he had no other plans for his life, other than being a baseball player for which he had no talent, he acquiesced. Even after finishing medical school, he felt like a failure. However, during his internship he developed a passion for pediatrics, as he bonded with a terminally ill eleven-year-old boy through their mutual love for baseball. Along the journey we meet a number of his patients, and learn their interesting stories.The book is also about forgiveness--how the adolescent, who thinks he caused his mother's death because of an argument they had the night before her fatal stroke, struggles, before forgiving himself.