{"product_id":"where-it-hurts-dispatches-from-the-emotional-frontlines-of-medicine-9798893031041","title":"Where It Hurts: Dispatches from the Emotional Frontlines of Medicine","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eWhere It Hurts\u003c\/em\u003e invites us to peer into the space between health and illness, life and death, through the voices of the people who work on medicine's frontlines: doctors, nurses, EMTs, therapists, and more. In raw and revealing essays, stories, and poems, they share what it's like to deal with difficult patients, life-changing diagnoses, private doubts, painful failures, and the victories that keep them going.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns conversational, spare, urgent, poetic, plain-spoken, heart-rending, and heart-mending, each piece offers a glimpse into the extraordinary daily realities of those charged with taking care of us at our most vulnerable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA doctor shares the do-or-die pep talk she gives herself while performing a life-saving procedure.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA nurse wrestles with caring for a woman accused of murder.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA neurologist recalls how learning the art of pole dancing helped her through residency.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA GI fellow serves us an unorthodox \"cure\" for an ER regular with a dangerous love for fajitas.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA surgeon-poet imagines inviting Death over for tea.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnger, shame, panic, loneliness, love, hate, wonder, joy: They're all part of a day's work. As the authors of each piece unpack the highs and lows of their vocation, they teach us what it means to empathize deeply, to live fully, and to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donna Bulseco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Experiment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798893031041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulseco, Donna:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDonna Bulseco\u003c\/strong\u003e is the editor-in-chief of the journal of narrative medicine \u003cem\u003eIntima\u003c\/em\u003e and a longtime journalist and editor. She has graduate degrees in English literature from Brown University and narrative medicine from Columbia University. She is an editor and contributor to publications such as \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSelf\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInStyle\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003ePurist\u003c\/em\u003e, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharon, Rita:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRita Charon is a general internist and literary scholar and one of the founders of the field of narrative medicine. She completed her MD at Harvard Medical School and her PhD in English at Columbia University. She is the Bernard Schoenberg Professor of Social Medicine, Professor of Medicine, and founding chair of the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics at Columbia's Vagelos College of Physicians \u0026amp; Surgeons. Her research in narrative medicine has been supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and many private foundations. She has authored, co-authored, or co-edited four books on narrative medicine. The NEH, the NIH, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and numerous medical associations have honored her with awards and distinctions. She lectures and teaches internationally and publishes extensively in leading medical and literary journals, including the \u003cem\u003eNew England Journal of Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLancet\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of the American Medical Association\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAcademic Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNarrative\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHenry James Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePoetics Today\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSubStance\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Donna Bulseco \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792973873309,"sku":"9798893031041","price":37.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_0e696b51-791a-4b7c-8a53-fb55c1b7c931.jpg?v=1774985901","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/where-it-hurts-dispatches-from-the-emotional-frontlines-of-medicine-9798893031041","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}