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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

New Book Of Interest: Both Sides of the Fence: A Disabled Physician's Experiences in Medicine by Beryl Lawn, MD

A new collection of verse, titled Poems from Both Sides of the Fence: A Disabled Physician's Experiences in Medicine by Beryl Lawn, MD and published by Texas Review Press is now available on Amazon.  http://www.amazon.com/Poems-Both-Sides-Fence-Beryl/dp/1933896566/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311078724&sr=1-1

The poems in the book are related to experiences  in being both a doctor and a patient.  All touch on the reaction of patients to a physician with a visible disability.


Editorial Reviews

Product Description

"On August 27, 1967, one week before I was supposed to start medical school, an intruder broke into our apartment while my husband was at work. In the ensuing struggle, I fell from the third floor fire ladder I was using to escape, into the brick alley below. As I learned later, my back was immediately broken; I had become a paraplegic. I did not start medical school until September 1968, having spent most of the preceding year in the hospital and in rehabilitation.  I was now 'independent at a wheelchair level,' including driving my own (specially-equipped) car. I was also able to walk short distances using braces and crutches. These poems describe events from my medical student, resident and attending physician days. They describe experiences of both being a doctor and being a patient. They also touch on the response of others to a physician with an obvious disability. They encompass my careers in both internal medicine and in psychiatry." --Beryl B. Lawn

About the Author

BERYL LAWN, born in Cleveland, Ohio, spent her early childhood in College Station, Texas. When she was nine, her father joined the foreign service, and until she began college (at the University of Pennsylvania) she lived outside the United States. Prior to starting Temple Medical School she was involved in a crime-related incident, sustained a spinal-cord injury, and became a paraplegic. Her subsequent life (medical school, postgraduate training, medical practice, marriage) has been spent in a wheelchair. Author is now living in Temple, Texas.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Texas Review Press (June 9, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1933896566
  • ISBN-13: 978-1933896564
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces 

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