{"product_id":"whats-new-doc-a-collection-of-funny-poignant-and-even-scandalous-medical-stories-9781440199226","title":"What's New, Doc?: a collection of funny, poignant, and even scandalous medical stories","description":"\"Medicine can be raunchy!\" is the comment a friend made when I shared some of my stories with her.\u003cp\u003e Another friend stated, \"These stories are outrageous!\" and his statement gave me an idea for the subtitle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e My reply to these friends is, \"But they are all true. In fact, you should have heard the ones I rejected, in the interest of propriety.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e According to my three children, belonging to a family in which both parents are physicians requires a strong constitution. Stories shared at the dinner table were sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes carried a moral, and often involved gory details, which my children would have preferred we left out. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e One of the stories with a moral was that of a teenager, who hitched a ride with a man, who was driving drunk. In the accident, which caused the young man to be brought to the E. R., he sustained severe abdominal injuries and lost his spleen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e That day the moral of the story was, \"Do not hitch hike!\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e DUI, became the dinner topic on the day when an injured, drunk patient was brought in to the E. R. after running his car into a parked patrol cruiser. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e My stories are short and pithy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e They will make you laugh. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e They will make you cry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e They will make you shake your head, for whatever reason. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e They will make you wish you had shared a story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e They will make you healthy, because laughter is good medicine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14773793\"\u003eF. R. C. P(c) Elaine Myrie-Richards\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440199226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440199221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HUM\"\u003eHumor\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HUM000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44693056061677,"sku":"9781440199226","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_03cc65d2-94b3-4565-91a0-7a3243ff6913.jpg?v=1703747362","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/whats-new-doc-a-collection-of-funny-poignant-and-even-scandalous-medical-stories-9781440199226","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}