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The fragility of life. The persistence of hope. The marvels of medicine.
And, yet who is the surgeon behind the mask or the doctor behind the stethoscope?
In sixteen literary short stories, Daly Walker reveals the great weight that falls on the shoulders of healers. The line between life and death is as thin as the blade of a surgeon's scalpel.
"India's Passage" reveals a surgeon facing his worst nightmare: a screw-up that shakes his confidence and nearly ends his career. In "Blood" a surgeon must decide whether to save a life or respect a patient's religious beliefs. In "Boots on the Ground" a surgeon in Afghanistan confronts the irony of saving lives in the midst of war zone. On a trip to an Indiana prison with his doctor-father, the young protagonist in "Pascal's Law" learns an important lesson about the Hippocratic oath. "Palliation" teaches an important lesson about letting go.
If you like stories brimming with emotion and characters whose flaws and self-doubts make them all the more human, then the luminous tales Daly Walker's The Doctor's Dilemma will take you on profound journeys of discovery, redemption, and hope.
And, yet who is the surgeon behind the mask or the doctor behind the stethoscope?
In sixteen literary short stories, Daly Walker reveals the great weight that falls on the shoulders of healers. The line between life and death is as thin as the blade of a surgeon's scalpel.
"India's Passage" reveals a surgeon facing his worst nightmare: a screw-up that shakes his confidence and nearly ends his career. In "Blood" a surgeon must decide whether to save a life or respect a patient's religious beliefs. In "Boots on the Ground" a surgeon in Afghanistan confronts the irony of saving lives in the midst of war zone. On a trip to an Indiana prison with his doctor-father, the young protagonist in "Pascal's Law" learns an important lesson about the Hippocratic oath. "Palliation" teaches an important lesson about letting go.
If you like stories brimming with emotion and characters whose flaws and self-doubts make them all the more human, then the luminous tales Daly Walker's The Doctor's Dilemma will take you on profound journeys of discovery, redemption, and hope.