Dancing at the River's Edge: A Patient and Her Doctor Negotiate Life with Chronic Illness

Brill, Alida, Lockshin, Michael D.

ISBN 10: 0982433271 / ISBN 13: 9780982433270

Published by Schaffner Press, Inc., 2010

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2010. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dancing at the River's Edge: A Patient and Her Doctor Negotiate Life with Chronic Illness
• Publisher: Schaffner Press, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0982433271
• ISBN 13: 9780982433270
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

An invaluable resource for medical professionals, victims of chronic illnesses, and their loved ones, this dual memoir by a doctor and his longtime patient traces the growth of their unique friendship over a span of decades. By exploring the bond between caregiver and sufferer, this sensitive account evokes not only the constant day-to-day frustrations and emotional toll suffered by the chronically ill, but also an understanding of the mental struggles and conflicts that a conscientious doctor must face in deciding how best to treat a patient without compromising personal freedoms. In alternating chapters, the narrative explores the frustration, joy, despair, grief, and pain on both sides of the doctor-patient relationship.

About the Author

Alida Brill is a feminist social critic, the author of Nobody’s Business: The Paradoxes of Privacy, and the editor of A Rising Public Voice: Women in Politics Worldwide. She is the coauthor of Dimensions of Tolerance: What Americans Believe About Civil Liberties. Michael D. Lockshin, MD, is one of the world's leading experts in the long-term care of chronically ill patients. He is the director of the Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Disease at the Hospital for Special Surgery and a professor of medicine, obstetrics, and gynecology at the Weill College of Cornell University. He is the author of Guarded Prognosis: A Doctor and His Patients Talk About Chronic Disease and How to Cope With It. They both live in New York City.