Doctors Cry, Too | Free Book
Doctors Cry, Too is a collection of essays from the heart of physician Frank H. Boehm, M.D. This moving and inspirational book deals with issues surrounding doctors, nurses, patients, their loved ones, and the perplexing issues that relate to these individuals. These essays portray a medical profession that is sensitive, emotional, spiritual, and compassionate.
They include special moments in the life of Dr. Frank Boehm, such as a son and daughter going off to college, coping with the personal grief of losing loved ones, the birth of a granddaughter, and the healing that comes from joy. The essays also address his point of view on such subjects as strength and courage, faith, happiness, depression, forgiveness, death and dying, friendship, the heartbreak of infertility, parenting, and medical expectations.
It is the author’s hope that this book will help you understand that doctors are subject to the same stresses and pressures of life as everyone else, and that by gaining insight into the heart of one physician, you will gain insight into the heart of many.
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“A loving and lovely book. It will remind patients to see their
doctors as human beings and remind doctors of their obligation to be
human beings first.” — Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
“I believe
that Doctors Cry, Too makes an important contribution toward
guiding physicians, as well as others in the helping professions, to
recognize their personal feelings of compassion without interfering
with their professional responsibilities. I read this book with great
interest and found it to be thought-provoking.” —
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, author and TV personality
“Boehm’s
stories are filled with examples of what can happen when compassion is
a part of the process. . . . This book should be read by every present
and future doctor and every patient.” — Bernie Siegel, M.D.,
author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and
Prescriptions for Living
“With healing doses of
humor, insight, and just plain common sense, Dr. Frank Boehm takes us
into his heart more skillfully than any scalpel, revealing deep wells
of compassion and restoring our faith and trust in the medical
profession. With each essay, he assures us that the patient is
paramount, the physician humane and caring, and the profession better
prepared than ever before to meet the challenges of the century ahead.
Doctors Cry, Too is must-reading, not only for patients, but
for the next generation of physicians, as well.” —
Bill Frist, M.D., U.S. senator from Tennessee
“For
many years I have known Dr. Frank Boehm as a great physician.
Doctors Cry, Too proves with warmth and wisdom that he can also
heal with his words.”— Crystal Gayle, singer
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