ONE DOCTOR: CLOSE CALLS, COLD CASES, AND THE MYSTERIES OF MEDICINE

Book ID/图书代码： 06830113B62151

English Summary/英文概要： Reminiscent of the eloquent writings of physicians Abraham Verghese, Atul Gawande, and Siddhartha Mukherjee, this compelling story is told by a unique voice in American medicine, Brendan Reilly, a distinguished internist whose work was profiled at length by Malcolm Gladwell in his bestselling book Blink.
One Doctor is a riveting first-person narrative—a true story that reads like a novel and recreates Dr. Reilly’s present-day, moment-to-moment “E.R.”-like dramas with patients, families, and medical staff at the Medical Center. At the heart of One Doctor is an unsolved medical mystery that haunts Reilly: the loss of a legendary engineer friend and patient, Fred, who died suddenly after he began to see angels and hear voices. Fred was renowned for many inventions, including a navigational device that was removed from Amelia Earhart’s plane before she took off on her last flight. As Fred sought to learn Earhart’s fate, Reilly searches for the reason behind Fred’s death, piecing together his last days to arrive at a chilling revelation. Lessons learned from Fred’s case resonate throughout Reilly’s experiences with other patients in the book, ultimately leading to the saving of thousands of lives. From the cases in One Doctor, patients and caretakers learn what works and what doesn’t in today’s health care and how to avoid falling through the cracks. As compelling as an episode of House, written with the skill of How We Die and My Own Country, One Doctor is a wrenching, brilliant, inspiring read.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本書是由醫生作者Brendan Reilly根據真實故事所撰寫的回憶錄，不過由於故事精彩動人會讓人讀來像小說。

書中分成三個部分，第一部份是描述Reilly醫生當前的生活，身為紐約長老教會醫院的醫生，他每分每秒都在病房、急診室和病人、家屬及醫院同事間不斷來回的奮鬥努力，許多令人高興、沮喪或絕望的故事也在當中不停的發生。

書的第二部分則回到過去描述他美國新罕布夏州的小鎮擔任初級保健醫生時，所發生一件令他至今難忘的醫學懸疑事件。他的一位工程師好友及病人Fred，專業是研究導航設備，也是美國首位飛越大西洋的女飛行員Amelia Earhart的技術人員之一（Amelia Earhart就是在她最後一次飛行時把Fred的導航設備拿掉，從此意外失蹤，音訊全無）。而Fred則是在某次宣稱看到天使及聽到一些聲音後突然離世，這件事成為Reilly心中永遠的遺憾及始終未解的疑惑。

第三部分則再度回到Reilly目前任職的醫院，敘述他面對眼前及過去的從醫經驗，如何從中讓自己再處理更多新的醫事危機時有更多智慧及能耐，這當中包含面對他自己年邁90的雙親。

在書未讀者將可看到作者如何以闡述其個人經驗過程中，揭示近十幾年醫學及醫生角色上改變，而這些改變有好有壞，相信對於有志從醫的人會有很大的啟發。

暢銷作者Malcolm Gladwell曾在他的著作《決斷2秒間》(Blink)引用及描寫作者Brendan Reilly的醫學經驗。

Awards/获奖情况：*TV series rights have been optioned to Warner Bros.
*Korean rights sold to Sigongsa Co./Vincent更新/2013-8-20
“A gripping memoir by a doctor’s doctor. Reilly’s career has taken him from inner city hospitals to remote rural practices. He writes movingly about what it is like on the front lines: the mysteries, the frustration and the rewards of his chosen calling. A must read for the general public and any young person contemplating a career in medicine.” (Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone)

“One Doctor contains the essence of all of it: our humanity and nobility – and why we are all entranced by medical dramas of every kind. A stunning book." (Christiane Northrup, M.D., ob/gyn physician and author of the New York Times bestsellers, Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom and)

“Extraordinary up-close story-telling. Brendan Reilly takes us bedside to witness the dramas and dilemmas of everyday medicine. One Doctor is a love story about a man and his lifelong passion for the mysteries and miracles of medicine.” (Lisa Sanders, New York Times columnist and author of Every Patient Tells a Story)

“Brendan Reilly has written a beautiful book about a forgotten subject – what it means for a physician to truly care for a patient. One Doctor shows why this matters today more than ever before.” (Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink, The Tipping Point, and Outliers)"

He was chair of medicine at Chicago’s Cook County Hospital, on which the hit TV show ER was based, and Reilly - now at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center -- matches the heart-pounding pace and drama of that fictional show in this remarkable memoir. Reilly painstakingly relates his most challenging cases...and describes another wrenching struggle: making end of life decisions with his own elderly mother. But his book is about more than the joy of saving lives and the sadness of losing them—it’s an intimate exploration of modern medicine and the human condition.”

About the Author/作者介绍： Brendan Reilly，是紐約長老教會醫院執行副主席。曾但擔任芝加哥庫克郡公立醫院的主席及總醫師，在該院服務的13年間，提供NBC著名影集《急診室的春天》(ER)許多製作內容上的靈感及啟發。

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