Front Cover -- Dear Doctor -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- An Awkward Arrangement -- In It Together -- On Being a Special Case -- Words Matter -- A Quieter Way -- Noun or Verb -- Eating to Live -- Higher Power -- Fear Happens -- Ripeness Is All -- Entertaining Alternatives -- Money Matters -- Music Matters -- Life Imitates Art -- I Am Made from This Earth -- Questions I'd Like My Doctor to Ask -- A Brief Guide to Resources -- Notes -- Back Cover
Summary
In the form of an open letter from patients to their doctors, spiritual writer and professor of medical humanities Marilyn McEntyre brings to light the hidden fears, desperate needs, deepest hopes, and heartfelt truths that many feel doctors overlook in their approach to health care. Ultimately, Dear Doctor is an important first step to begin a dialogue between two communities that often have a very large disconnect
