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| The Lady Doctor |
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ISBN: 978-0-271-08374-2,
249 pages,
Soft Cover
ISBN-10: 0-271-08374-3 |
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| Copyright: |
2019 |
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| Edition: |
1st |
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| Author: |
Williams, Ian |
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Specialties:
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General Surgery |
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| Publisher: |
Penn State University Press |
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| Series Title: |
Graphic Medicine Series |
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| List Price: |
$24.95 |
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At A Glance
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Lois Pritchard, a general practitioner at the Welsh Llangandida Health Centre and part-time staff at her local Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) clinic, is a forty-year-old, divorced, sarcastic smoker who by her own admission is 'not very good with relationships.' But when her estranged mother makes a dramatic reappearance demanding a liver transplant, Lois has to examine her loyalties and confront some hard decisions both in and out of the surgery room. This hilarious, warts-and-all follow-up to Ian Williams's graphic novel The Bad Doctor is an entertainingly realistic look at rural medicine and the unique personalities it attracts, from patients with genital tattoos of cartoon characters to doctors who find creative ways to color on either side of the ethical lines. Via a cast of relatable and sometimes shocking characters, Williams explores the politics and pitfalls of a small-town practice, the frustration of dealing with demanding and misguided patients, the double standards facing female medical practitioners, and current medical issues such as clinic privatization and hardening government attitudes towards drugs and addiction, all with his wonderfully sly sense of humor. The Lady Doctor shows that life and work in the medical field can be anything but clinical, and that even the most talented of professionals have wildly unexpected bad days. Fans of Graphic Medicine will cheer this new saga from a trailblazer of the genre, as will medical professionals and comics readers of all stripes.
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Reviewer:
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Kimberly Brown,
MBA, PMP
(Microsoft)
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Range
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Question
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Score
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Are the author's objectives met? |
10 |
| 1-10 |
Rate the worthiness of those objectives. |
10 |
| 1-5 |
Is this written at an appropriate level? |
5 |
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Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) |
5 |
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Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) |
5 |
| 1-5 |
Rate the authority of the authors. |
5 |
| 1-5 |
Are there sufficient illustrations? |
5 |
| 1-5 |
Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. |
4 |
| 1-5 |
Rate the print quality of the illustrations. |
4 |
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Are there sufficient references? |
5 |
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Rate the currency of the references. |
N/A |
| 1-5 |
Rate the pertinence of the references. |
N/A |
| 1-5 |
Rate the helpfulness of the index. |
5 |
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If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book |
N/A |
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Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? |
10 |
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If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? |
N/A |
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Reviewer:
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Kimberly Brown,
MBA, PMP
(Microsoft)
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Description
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| This book covers the life of physician Lois Pritchard as she navigates her way through work, her patients, and life in general. It is unique in that it is an illustrative story that provides readers a glimpse into her day-to-day struggles. |
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Purpose
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| As this book is more of a story than a textbook, the purpose is to entertain. It does a good job of providing a somewhat humorous viewpoint of all of the struggles that a physician may go through. |
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Audience
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| The book is appropriate for students, residents, and practitioners, especially if they are looking to take a brief break from reading the usual medical books. The author is a physician who does his own illustrations. |
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Features
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| The book covers the life of an overworked and mostly underappreciated physician, who along with treating her patients finds that she needs to do some work on herself. It is humorous in some places and a little dark in others, but overall it tells a story that keeps readers' interest. The only shortcoming is that there are a few subplots that seem to go off on a tangent to the story line. They are slight in nature and do not take away from the overall impact of the story. |
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Assessment
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| Although not clinical in nature, this is a nice book that could possibly be used as adjunct reading in a class. It also is a good read for people who are not in clinical positions to give them an idea of what can go on in a physician's life. |
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