Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
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Doubleday Canada
Doubleday Canada
Publication Date
January 17, 2006
January 17, 2006
Format
Hardcover / Unabridged
Hardcover / Unabridged
Pages
368
368
ISBN-13
978-0-38-566143-0
978-0-38-566143-0
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures follows a group of medical students as they move from the intensity of training into the realities of practicing medicine. Beginning with their early days in medical school, the stories trace their evolving friendships, ambitions, and the pressures that come with learning to care for others.
As they enter hospitals and clinics, their idealism is tested by the demands of the profession—long hours, ethical dilemmas, and the emotional weight of illness and loss. Each character confronts moments where knowledge alone is not enough, and where personal vulnerabilities intersect with professional responsibility.
Moving between interconnected perspectives, the collection explores the human side of medicine: the uncertainty, the limits of control, and the fragile balance between detachment and compassion. Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures is a nuanced portrait of doctors in formation, where healing is as much about understanding people as it is about treating disease.
As they enter hospitals and clinics, their idealism is tested by the demands of the profession—long hours, ethical dilemmas, and the emotional weight of illness and loss. Each character confronts moments where knowledge alone is not enough, and where personal vulnerabilities intersect with professional responsibility.
Moving between interconnected perspectives, the collection explores the human side of medicine: the uncertainty, the limits of control, and the fragile balance between detachment and compassion. Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures is a nuanced portrait of doctors in formation, where healing is as much about understanding people as it is about treating disease.
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Edition Info
Publisher / Imprint
Doubleday Canada
Doubleday Canada
Publication Date
January 17, 2006
January 17, 2006
Format
Hardcover / Unabridged
Hardcover / Unabridged
Pages
368
368
ISBN-13
978-0-38-566143-0
978-0-38-566143-0
Hardcover
Unabridged
Publication Date:
January 17, 2006
ISBN-13:
978-0-38-566143-0