Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover)

Healing children, a surgeon's stories from the frontiers of pediatric medicine, Kurt Newman, M.D

eng

autobiography

index present

non fiction

Healing children

980941602

Kurt Newman, M.D

a surgeon's stories from the frontiers of pediatric medicine

"A groundbreaking medical memoir by one of our nation's leading pediatric surgeons - the visionary head of Children's National - for fans of Jerome Groopman and Atul Gwande. Anyone who has seen a child recover from a deep wound or a broken bone knows that kids are made to heal. Their bodies are more resilient, more adaptive, and far more able to withstand acute stress than adults. And yet children are often treated as an afterthought by the medical establishment and shunted off to doctors who specialize in treating adults. Will an anesthesiologist accustomed to treating older patients know how best to handle a toddler going under for the first time? If your soccer-playing daughter suffers a concussion, should you take her to the nearest ER--or drive further to seek out doctors who specialize in treating kids? In this deeply inspiring memoir Dr. Kurt Newman draws from his long experience as a pediatric surgeon working at one of our nation's top children's hospitals to make the case that children are more than miniature adults. Through the story of his own career and deeply moving accounts of the brave kids he has treated over the years (and their equally brave and determined parents) he reveals the revolution that is taking place in pediatric medicine"--, Provided by publisher

Part I: Discovering children -- The walk across the bridge -- Learning empathy -- Born to heal -- Making mistakes -- Finding a mentor -- The head coach and his team -- Never trust the notes -- If you can teach -- You never can tell how far a frog can jump -- How to hold a baby -- "There are no conflicts of interest here" -- Part II: Vital lessons -- Old school -- Maternal instinct -- Trauma -- That phantom pain -- The patient in the data -- The Mayor -- A man with a plan -- Part III: New frontiers -- Thinking bigger -- Navigating the hospital -- Mental health -- A child's life -- What you don't know -- Brains -- Bones -- The science of pain -- Peering into the developing brain -- Cancer -- Epilogue: The best man at his own wedding -- Eight ways to get the best medical care for your kids