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A route-specific collection of editorial stories, articles, and evidence questions for readers in Oxford, Olive Branch—without claiming that a physician account or unexplained event originated here.
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Step 1 · Editorial composite · Global Medicine
The clinic had no electricity, no running water, and a pharmacy stocked entirely by donations. But when a woman I had treated five years earlier walked for three days to bring me a handmade scarf and tell me she was alive, I understood what medicine is actually for.
Step 2 · Editorial composite · Unexplained Phenomena
He could taste colors and see music — a rare form of synesthesia. But what made his case extraordinary was not the synesthesia itself, but what it allowed him to perceive that others could not.
Step 3 · Editorial composite · Career Transitions
For twenty years, I measured my worth by my outcomes, my publications, my promotions. Then I had a patient who taught me that none of those things mattered as much as I thought they did. What mattered was showing up. What mattered was being there.
Step 4 · Editorial composite · Career Transitions
We had no CT scanner, no electronic health records, and a pharmacy that ran out of basic antibiotics by the third week. But we had time — time to talk to patients, time to listen to their stories, time to be present in a way that American medicine had never allowed me to be.
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The source book
The web stories above are editorial composites. The book is the place to read Dr. Scott J. Kolbaba's selected interview-based accounts. Purchase-page ratings and availability can change.
View the book on AmazonLocation key: Oxford, Olive Branch · Parent city: Olive Branch · Region label: Mississippi · Country: United States
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Public descriptions say the book draws on more than 200 physician interviews and presents 26 selected accounts involving end-of-life experiences, unexpected recoveries, faith, and other events the narrators found difficult to explain.
By Dr. Scott J. Kolbaba, MD. Check the retailer for current formats, pricing, and reader ratings.