A Doctor's Life: Unique Stories

Close, William T.

ISBN 10: 0970337108 / ISBN 13: 9780970337108

Published by Meadowlark Springs Productions Llc, 2000

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Inscribed by author to first owner on title page. Very Good Plus to Near Fine with faint shelf wear and a couple tiny corner bumps. Interior is unmarked with clean white pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Doctor's Life: Unique Stories
• Publisher: Meadowlark Springs Productions Llc
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0970337108
• ISBN 13: 9780970337108
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

"A Doctor's Life" is an intense and compelling drama that captures all the fear and frustration, trauma, courage and compassion of the author's extraordinary journey. It is the vividly personal account of one doctor who has achieved illuminating insights into the meaning and the limits of medicine in today's world.

About the Author

William T. Close is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He is a village doc in Big Piney, Wyoming. Prior to settling in Wyoming, he spent 16 years in Africa, arriving in the Congo just before independence and just in time for the mutinies, coup d'etats, and rebellions that have marked the history of that unhappy country. He became the personal physician to the president and chief doctor for the Congolese Army.

During the Ebola outbreak in 1976 he supervised logistics for the international medical team of scientists dealing with the epidemic. Dr. Close is the author of the best-seller "Ebola," a documentary novel dealing with the people and events involved in the first epidemic.

Through his practice, example, teaching and writing, Dr. Close exemplifies a professional ideal that combines scientific excellence with compassionate care. His continuing contributions to the profession include mentorship, lectures and writings that tug at the hearts of patients, doctors and nurses caught up in the frenetic pace of the medical industry. He has been an inspiration to young people who are entering the profession at a time when patient centered care needs to be reemphasized.

Dr. Close is now in his 50th year of medical practice and continues to see his patients in what he calls "a gentle, limited practice."