Learning How the Heart Beats: The Making of a Pediatrician
Claire McCarthy, M.D.

In moving and elegant prose, the author describes her sometimes harrowing journey to become a doctor. Now a pediatrician at an inner city clinic and a columnist for Sesame Street Magazine, McCarthy brings her warm insight to many of today's medical and ethical challenges. The book features a cast of unforgettable characters drawn from each stage of her medical training-a memorable journey through a student's growth into a pediatrician.

Softcover, 245 pp.
# 00360 $13.00