Learning to Play God by Robert Marion
Do you know what your doctor really thinks or how your doctor really feels about medicine and about you? The seeds lie in the critical first few years of a medical education, and Dr. Robert Marion, director of the Center for Congenital Disorders at the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, draws from his own experiences as student, intern, and resident to provide some surprising -- and sobering -- answers.In the course of twenty gripping, illuminating, and extraordinarily candid stories, Dr. Marion reveals the dehumanizing, slightly insane, and often brutal process of medical training. You will experience not only the intense pressure and chronic exhaustion of the doctor-to-be, but also the price the patient must often pay. While each story stands alone as an adventure in medicine, taken together they are a call to change. With profound eloquence and compassion, Dr. Marion explores ways in which to assure that humanity and idealism survive the grueling and destructive path to technical competency.
Robert Marion, the author, was born in the 1950s in Redlands, California. He left the United States of America. After twenty years of honorable service in the Navy, I've decided to retire. Robert has traveled to twenty different countries and has spent more than fifteen years in police enforcement. Warrior Honor (formerly known as Lines You Do Not Cross) was written while he was confined to his house, caring for his terminally sick wife of 39 years, who required round-the-clock care.
Surprisingly, his life has since followed the path of the character in that novel. He went to Cebu, Philippines, to fulfill a promise he made to his dying wife: he would locate her family in the Philippines. He did find them, and he found his new spouse, Mrs., just like the character. Marion, Marlyn.
Marlyn, a single mother of 42 years, has had her fill of online dating services. She had almost given up looking for a genuine, sincere man after six sites and five years. She joined yet another dating site to gratify a pal. She met Robert there, and their story begins to unfold...
Robert and Marlyn Marion are co-authors of the real romance novel Finding My Rainbow. They offer a honest and insightful look into the world of international dating and the Visa process for foreign brides seeking to marry in the United States. Robert has also written two other works, the first of which is Tana-Waka, the first novel in a Native American-themed fantasy-romance trilogy. Maka is the second book in the Tana-Waka series.
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| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780449007440 |
| ISBN 10 | 0449007448 |
| Title | Learning to Play God |
| Author | Robert Marion |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2000-03-07 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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