What's left out / Jay Baruch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baruch, Jay, author.

Series:

Literature and medicine (Kent, Ohio) ; 21.

Literature and Medicine ; 21

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages ; cm)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kent, [Ohio] : The Kent State University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Conventional medical narratives often fail to capture the incoherent, surreal, and logic-twisting reality of the contemporary healthcare experience, where mystery, absurdity, and even cruelty are disguised as logic, reason, and compassion. In this new collection of stories by physician and writer Jay Baruch, characters struggle in their quest for meaning and a more hopeful tomorrow in a strange landscape where motivations are complex and convoluted and what is considered good and just operates as a perpetually shifting proposition. Readers are invited to eavesdrop on the conversations and thoughts of those negotiating the healthcare landscape while attempting to maintain their sanity. Each glimpse into the minds of patients, doctors, and family members reveals the stark reality that reason and compassion are not always the lifeblood of a system devoted to healing. From a weary night shift doctor dealing with a chronic patient to a physician figuring out how to tell the next of kin about a relative's death, each of Baruch's characters exposes the multitude of emotions lurking behind the strained and sickly faces in the hospital waiting room. With imagination and an eye for detail, Baruch takes readers on an unsparing ride through the hidden, ignored, or misunderstood challenges facing healers and the ill. It is a world where communities shoulder unrelenting burdens, optimism is held with caution, and people ration their dreams. Baruch's vivid storytelling guides his readers through the incoherent and emotionally fraught reality he has faced during his twenty years as an emergency physician. The stories in What's Left Out ask readers to take risks, to make leaps into unfamiliar territory, and, like the larger healthcare enterprise, to develop comfort and trust in the untraditional and unexpected.

Contents:

Cover

Dedication

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Satellites

2. Emotional Contagion

3. Soft Landings

4. Sunday Night

5. Comfortable

6. Rainbow

7. The Telephone Pole

8. What's Left Out

9. Empowerment Centers

10. Open Ended

11. Avignon

12. Fortunata

13. Calling the Code.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781631010941

1631010948

9781631010958

1631010956

OCLC:

903671382