TALES FROM KENTUCKY DOCTORS

Book ID/图书代码： 13012015B78509

English Summary/英文概要： The nearly 350 humorous, heartwarming, and sometimes tragic accounts presented in William Lynwood Montell’s latest book, Tales from Kentucky Doctors, offer an unusual perspective on the culture and tradition of Kentucky health-care practice. From the laughable to the laudable, Tales from Kentucky Doctors present illuminating portraits of doctors and patients, drawing stories from physicians with lifetimes of experience serving Kentucky families. In chapter 2, doctors recall the successes and failures that shaped their early careers. For Dr. Baretta R. Casey of Hazard, becoming a doctor was a difficult journey. Already married and with a child, Casey enrolled in college at age thirty, later completed medical school, and began a successful career as a family practitioner in the 1990s. Though patient visitations and doctors’ prescriptions are recorded on account ledgers, personal relationships and memories are not part of medical records. The section "Personal Practice" gives a glimpse of the intimate relationships doctors form with their communities. "I doubt that any individual was nearer to the family than the family doctor," Dr. W. L. Tyler says in one story. For many towns, family physicians were heroes. Dr. James S. Brashear relates the challenges of practicing in Central City, a coal mining town, recalling an incident in which he saved the lives of two miners. Handed down to Montell in the oral tradition, the tales presented in this collection represent every part of the state. Personal experiences, humorous anecdotes, and local legends make it a fascinating panorama of Kentucky physicians and of the communities they served.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 书中再现了近350个诙谐幽默，温馨感人的，有略带有些感伤的行医故事，在蒙特尔这本《肯塔基州医生纪实》一书中，作者再次以另类的角度，向我们展示了肯塔基州医疗实践过程中的传统文化。从令人忍俊不禁的奇闻趣事，到令人赞叹的故事，这部《肯塔基州医生纪实》展现了医护工作者们和病患之间生动的一幕，这些都来自毕生为可肯塔基州家庭提供医疗服务的医护工作者们的故事。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况："In Tales from Kentucky Doctors, Montell is a master of oral history research, presenting the bounty of his continuing harvest." -- Christopher Antonsen, Western Kentucky University

About the Author/作者介绍： William Lynwood Montell, professor emeritus of folk studies at Western Kentucky University, is the author of several books, including Ghosts across Kentucky and Tales from Kentucky Lawyers.

Format:HARDCOVER

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