Looking Within: Understanding Ourselves through Human Imaging - Softcover

Ruff, Cullen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1611533201 ISBN 13: 9781611533200

Publisher: Torchflame Books, 2020

Synopsis

Our bodies have endless secrets to tell. A doctor's profound tales of diagnoses and discoveries made by human imaging; and reflections on what we can learn about ourselves and life by looking into the human body. 

Looking Within by Cullen Ruff, MD, is the first mainstream collection of dramatic non-fiction narratives about discoveries in patients found by medical imaging. Ruff highlights the wonder and mystery of the human body, literally and metaphorically looking inside of others. Each story describes a patient in whom a life-changing discovery is made: tumors, stroke, domestic violence, substance abuse, sterility, unexpected pregnancy, infection, surgical complications, evidence of criminal activity, mental illness, even impending death. Dr. Ruff's words, images, and insights help us see ourselves like never before.

About this title

About the Author

Cullen Ruff, MD is a radiologist in private practice and an associate professor of medical education at the University of Virginia campus in Fairfax, VA, where he has received awards teaching medical students. His Amazon best-selling book, Looking Within, explores human stories and insights from medical imaging. Short story chapters have appeared in several magazines and online forums, and Ruff won a Washington, DC, Moth story slam narrating a chapter from Looking Within. Ruff has lectured at the Smithsonian Institute and the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC.

From the Back Cover

"Compelling and insightful. I urge everyone, physicians and the public alike, to read this brilliant work." -- Jim Borgstede MD, past president and chairman of the board of the American College of Radiology

Edition details

• Publisher: Torchflame Books
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611533201
• ISBN 13: 9781611533200
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 302