The Stone Elephant - Couverture souple

Rish MD, Buck

 
9780595145096: The Stone Elephant
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595145094 ISBN 13 : 9780595145096
Editeur : iUniverse, 2000

Synopsis

The author's naval career included staff assignments at four major hospitals; a hospital ship, the USS Repose off VietNam '68-'69; and the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland. He then returned to Norfolk, Virginia and continued his neurosurgical career in private practice and as Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery at the Eastern Virginia Medical School.From his challenging and extensive experience he transcends the too often impersonal world of medicine with honed skill, mixing poignancy and humor, to tell the story of a marine intelligence officer surviving a serious head injury, entering the political arena, and progressing to the White House.The author concludes the story by addressing America's healthcare problem in his graphic and verisimilar style.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The author's naval career included staff assignments at four major hospitals; a hospital ship, the USS Repose off VietNam '68-'69; and the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland. He then returned to Norfolk, Virginia and continued his neurosurgical career in private practice and as Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery at the Eastern Virginia Medical School.From his challenging and extensive experience he transcends the too often impersonal world of medicine with honed skill, mixing poignancy and humor, to tell the story of a marine intelligence officer surviving a serious head injury, entering the political arena, and progressing to the White House.The author concludes the story by addressing America's healthcare problem in his graphic and verisimilar style.

Biographie de l'auteur

Buck Rish, M.D. is a geniune son of the South, born in North Carolina, educated in Kentucky and Alabama, returned to North Carolina for college and medical school at Wake Forest University, and later to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, for his neurosurgical training.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595145094
ISBN 13 
9780595145096
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
248
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Personne responsable
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