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With Mirth and Laughter : Finding Joy in Medicine After Cancer by Heather Thompson Buum M.D. is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is With Mirth and Laughter : Finding Joy in Medicine After Cancer about?

In 2016, as a practicing internist, Dr. Heather Thompson is diagnosed with breast cancer and must abruptly enter the healthcare system for the first time as a patient. Her experiences, observations, and process of growth and transformation are outlined in her first book, "Mirth is God's Medicine." A continuation of the story, "With Mirth and Laughter" now moves beyond the early days of breast cancer treatment, including surgery, medications, and physical therapy, and further describes how a cancer diagnosis impacts her friendships, family dynamics, teaching, and mentoring roles. More importantly, it changes her practice style and view of what it means to provide patient-centered care. This book includes story after story of patient interactions, some ironic, many humorous, but all poignant and compelling; they serve to illustrate how being in one role ultimately benefits the other. Dr. Thompson also chronicles how becoming a patient changes her approach in how she teaches and trains future physicians. Those in academic medicine or in a teaching role of any kind can relate. Cancer survivors as well as health care providers will appreciate the observations and shift in perspective as

Author

Heather Thompson Buum M.D.

Publisher

Joshua Tree Publishing

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781941049556