Body & Soul

Aliison Crawford is a founding editor of Ars Medica.Rex Kay is a founding editor of Ars Medica.Allan D. Peterkin is a professor of psychiatry and family medicine at the University of Toronto.Robin Rogers is a founding editor of Ars Medica.Ronald Ruskin is a founding editor of Ars Medica.Aaron Orkin is an associate editor at Ars Medica.

‘I read stories that moved me, stories with humour, stories that made my eyes moist…This book is a wonderful learning tool not just for practitioners, but for everyone. It is also a joy to read. Buy it.’ - David Gelipter (Medical Humanities Journal, December 2012)

• ContentsUsers GuideGeneral Introduction Part 1: Patients Introduction to Part 1 1 As One Might Expect William Bradley2 Hands: A Suite of Stories Linda E. Clarke3 Prenatal Exam Sarah Cross 4 Sunday Nights at the Shangri-La Cindy Dale 5 A Picture Made of Sound Anne Elliott6 Centre of Dread Faye George7 At Thirteen, Asthmatic / Medicine Pudding / First Day Home from the Hospital John Grey8 Daughter Cells Jessica Handler9 BSE Alison Hauch10 Things Taken Isabel Hoskins11 Pain Scale Paul Hostovsky12 Seeing the Heart Catherine Jagoe13 Matter and Energy Lorie Kolak14 My Little Heart AttackTom Lombardo15 The Eighth Day Michael C. McConnell16 Life Study Helen McLean17 Second Sight Helen McLean 18 Lethargy, Resulting from the Sudden Extinction of Light / Swallows Mary O'Donoghue 19 On the Loss and Reconstruction of a Self Menorah Lafayette-Lebovics Rotenberg 20 The Cure of Metaphor Kenneth Sherman 21 Kasabach-Merrit Syndrome Heather Spears 22 Inadequacy of Impotence George J. Stevenson 23 Diabetes: My Body Says "Fall" Heather L. Stuckey 24 Care for the Patient Yvonne Trainer 25 I, Michael Christopher Willard Part 2: Family and Friends Introduction to Part 2 26 Drawing Insulin Anonymous 27 Days and Nights in the NICU Christine Benvenuto 28 Eden and I Are Playing Go Fish Susie Berg 29 Palliation Pat Cason 30 All Out of Funny in Crystal Lake, California Stephan Clark 31 911 Diane Foley 32 Stoma Kathy Giorgio 33 Unpacking My Daughter's Library Joan Givner 34 My Father's Polio Patricia F. Goldblatt 35 Lie Down 176Katherine Govier 36 Friendship Bracelets Jon Hunter 37 Hope from a Distance Nigel Leaney 38 Something Happened Jane Martin 39 The Right Thing to Say Kathy Page 40 Second Round Nancy Richler 41 On Different Hospital Floors Nicholas Samaras 42 The Alzheimer's Man Alan Steinberg 43 The Second Parlour Anne Marie Todkill 44 The Wong-Baker Scale Gina P. Vozenilek 45 Denial Gina Wilch and Ruby Roy Part 3: Practitioners Introduction to Part 3 46 Accident Room Jay Baruch 47 Tale of a T-Shirt Susan Croft 48 The Texture of a Word Ian G. Dorward 49 Table of Unidentified Contents Doug Guildford 50 Figuring the Ground Pam Hall 51 Refugees in Southeast Asia J. David Holbrook 52 Mid-winter Night / Summer Party Jill Leahman 53 On Pathography Robert Maunder 54 Elysium Pamela Stewart 55 First Day on the Wards Eileen Valinoti 56 On Call Paul Whang 57 Making Images Arthur Robinson Williams