What Cannot Be Undone by Walter M Robinson
In his award-winning debut essay collection, What Cannot Be Undone, Walter M. Robinson shares surprising stories of illness and medicine that do not sacrifice hard truth for easy dramatics. These true stories are filled with details of difficult days and nights in the world of high-tech medical care, and they show the ongoing struggle in making critical decisions with no good answer. This collection presents the raw moments where his expertise in medical ethics and pediatrics are put to the test. He is neither saint, nor hero, nor wizard. Robinson admits that on his best days he was merely ordinary. Yet in writing down the authentic stories of his patients, Robinson discovers what led him to the practice of medicine--and how his idealism was no match for the realities he faced in modern health care.
Walter M. Robinson is a physician and a writer in Massachusetts. He is also a founding editor of EastOver Press and Cutleaf, an online literary journal. His essays have appeared in wildness, Months to Years, AGNI, Ruminate, The Sun, The Literary Review, and Harvard Review.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780826363718 |
| ISBN 10 | 0826363717 |
| Title | What Cannot Be Undone |
| Author | Walter M Robinson |
| Series | River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of New Mexico Press |
| Year published | 2022-02-15 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
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