Delivering Doctor Amelia: The Story of a Gifted Young Obstetrician's Error and the Psychologist Who Helped Her
by Dan Shapiro
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"Voices are a soul's signature," says psychologist Dan Shapiro, who in his daily practice hears plenty of them. For all his expertise, he admits he's still terrified that "someone will keep something from me, and when they tell me the truth, I'll be useless." Treating other physicians has become one of Shapiro's specialties. When the obstetrician Amelia Sorvino seeks his help--distraught that her own medical error could have injured a patient's baby-- Shapiro finds his talents as counselor show more and healer pushed to their limits. Session by session, he works to discover the sources of Amelia's anguish--for his own sake as much as hers: he's familiar with the burden of a doctor's guilt, and he has seen how loss and trauma, if unchecked, can echo from generation to generation in a family. In this probing, intensely personal memoir, the words "Physician, heal thyself" assume a fresh and moving urgency. show lessTags
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I enjoyed reading this book about a young obstetrician devastated by a mistake and the psychologist who treated her. How can she continue to live in the knowledge that her actions harmed a baby? Can she ever practise medicine again? Her therapist has baggage of his own, having survived cancer, and having suffered from medical negligence. His initial lack of empathy prevents him from fully supporting his patient, leading both to the brink of disaster.
This gave me the same kind of satisfaction as marathon-watching Scrubs: medicine isn't perfect, but people are doing their best.
Typical psychiatrist/patient interaction & session story, yet it was uplifting in that I having been employed in on various labor and delivery units, I sympathized with the physician and her troubles. I was also able to see some of my personlity in her persona.
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Dan Shapiro is the CEO of Glowforge, a startup that makes 3D laser printers, and is the creator of Robot Turtles, the bestselling board game in Kickstarter history. He has also served as CEO of Google Comparison Inc., a subsidiary of Google; Sparkbuy, a comparison-shopping service; and Photobucket Inc. (formerly Ontela), a mobile imaging service. show more Dan has served as a mentor to dozens of startups and holds 12 US patents. show less
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- People/Characters
- Dr. Amelia Sorvino
- Dedication
- To my brother, David, who will always be 10-Boy to me
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 616.89 — Applied Science & Technology Medicine & health Diseases, Allergies, Skin Conditions Nervous Disorders: Autism, Anorexia, OCD Mental disorders: bi-polar/schizophrenia
- LCC
- RC451.4 .P5 .S53 — Medicine Internal medicine Internal medicine Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Psychiatry
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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