THE COLOR OF ATMOSPHERE: ONE DOCTOR’S JOURNEY IN AND OUT OF MEDICINE
Book ID/图书代码： 03008010B43107
English Summary/英文概要： If the medical profession you’d devoted your life to was completely taken over by liability concerns and insurance regulations, would you stay a physician?
The Color of Atmosphere tells one doctor’s story and the route of her medical career with warmth, humor, and above all, honesty. As we follow Maggie Kozel from her idealistic days as a devoted young pediatrician, through her Navy experience with universal health coverage, and on into the world of private practice, we see not only her reverence for medical science, and her compassion for her patients, but also the widening gap between what she was trained to do and what is eventually expected of her.
Her personal story plays out against the backdropof our changing health-care system, and demonstrates the way our method of paying for health care has reached its way into the exam room, putting a stranglehold on how doctors practice, and profoundly influencing the doctor-patient relationship. The stories she shares illustrate the medical, economic, and moral complexities of US health care. To understand Dr. Kozel’s ultimate decision to leave medicine is to better comprehend the disconnect between our considerable medical resources and how our health-care system falls short of delivering them.
The Color of Atmosphere follows Kozel as a young woman setting off on a seventeen-year professional journey, as she learns to negotiate the extraordinary pressures of attending an elite medical school, working long hours, being on call, and treating other people’s children while she raises her own.
Then, after nearly two decades in the medical field at what should have been the height of her career, Kozel walks away. With warmth, humor, and, above all, honesty, The Color of Atmosphere is a page-turner destined to appeal to those who work in the medical profession, those considering it, and those who simply love a captivating read about the kind of choices we all face during the course of a career.
The Color of Atmosphere is both an indictment of health care in America from a doctor who spent decades in the trenches and a deeply personal story of one woman’s unpredictable journey to find her life’s meaning through service to others.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 醫療、經濟和道德三者之間錯綜複雜的關係 工作20年，奉醫學為志業的傳奇女醫生
卻在事業到達巔峰之際，毅然而然決定離職
在她的「白色巨塔」生涯裡，她發現什麼？她又得到什麼？
發自肺腑之言，集歲月大成，一個醫生對生與死及醫療體系的反思
脫下白袍的光彩
奉獻一生致力於醫學，到後來卻發現志業只剩下對病人的責任義務，還有被醫療制度綁的死死的，你還會繼續或是有機會當一位好醫生嗎？
《The Color of Atmosphere》是作者瑪姬‧科澤爾(Maggie Kozel)當了17年醫生的誠實告白，她用溫暖且幽默的筆觸記錄自己的心路歷程。年輕時，她充滿理想，致力於當一個好的小兒科醫生。她進入全國頂尖的醫學大學，在唸書時期就承受巨大壓力。她的經歷非常豐富，17年來待過海軍醫院，接觸過全民醫療保險，也曾開過私人診所。工作上，她要照顧別人；下班回到家，也得照顧自己和小孩。但後來漸漸發現，她在學校所受的訓練，出社會後實際操作所面臨的問題，兩者之間的差異越來越大。就在工作將近20年，事業也到達巔峰時，瑪姬卻決定辭職！
此書揭露醫療體系的問題與核心價值，顯示醫療、經濟和道德三者之間錯綜複雜的關係，同時也是一個矢志於醫學的女醫師，在為他人服務之時尋找個人生命意義的旅程。
如果你是在醫學領域工作的夥伴，或是想要從事醫科工作，或在工作及人生上面臨選擇…本書將帶來啟發。(Chris)
Awards/获奖情况："A rare, intimate portrayal of one pediatrician’s journey to become a doctor and her heart-wrenching decision years later to eventually leave medicine. Told with candor and wit, Maggie Kozel’s memoir is a powerful reminder of the complex forces that shape medical practice today."--Eliza Lo Chin, MD, MPH, President, American Medical Women’s Association, and Editor, This Side of Doctoring: Reflections from Women in Medicine---Eliza Lo Chin，醫學博士、公共衛生學碩士、美國女醫師協會會長、《This Side of Doctoring: Reflections from Women in Medicine》的作者
"Dr. Kozel captures perfectly the malaise that has struck American medicine in general and primary care in particular. The chronicle of this intelligent and committed physician-who is frustrated at every turn as she tries to find satisfaction in a profession to which she had expected to dedicate her life-is a powerful indictment of our current system of medical care. We should have done better by her."--Beach Conger, MD, physician and author, Bag Balm and Duct Tape: Tales of a Vermont Doctor---Beach Conger，醫學博士、內科醫生、《Bag Balm and Duct Tape: Tales of a Vermont Doctor》的作者
About the Author/作者介绍： Dr. Maggie Kozel graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine and went on to specialize and practice in pediatrics. Dr. Kozel left practice after seventeen years and is currently teaching high school chemistry in the Providence area. She lives in Jamestown, RI, with her husband and daughters.
瑪姬‧科澤爾(Maggie Kozel)畢業於喬治城大學醫學院(Georgetown University School of Medicine)，之後鑽研小兒科領域。她當小兒科醫師當了17年之久，之後決定轉換跑道。現在她在美國普羅維登斯地區的高中教化學，她和丈夫及女兒住在美國羅德島州。
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