Dr. Sherwin Nuland Finds 'The Soul Of Medicine'
The Soul of Medicine is Dr. Sherwin Nuland's 14th book. John Joseph Misencik hide caption
Dr. Sherwin Nuland learns something, he has said, from each and every one of his patients.
He collects a variety of tales from the bedside, and recalls some of his most memorable patients for his new book, The Soul of Medicine.
In "The Cardiologist's Tale," for example, he remembers a patient who suffered from congestive heart failure. Dr. Nuland and his patient shared a love of books, and developed a close friendship that then complicated decision making at the end of the patient's life.
Each story — some are Nuland's own, and some are those of his colleagues — taps into multiple issues beyond medical care, from love and infidelity, to class discrimination.