Burning Out on the COVID Front Lines

A Doctor's Memoir of Fatherhood, Race and Perseverance in the Pandemic

Dhaval R. Desai (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

277 Seiten

2023
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9182-4 (ISBN)

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This memoir tells the story of Georgia physician Dhaval Desai’s life during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a new father, frontline physician and healthcare leader on the brink of burnout, and an ethnic minority in the South, his tale is marked by chaotic intersections.

This memoir tells the story of Georgia physician Dhaval Desai's life during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a new father, frontline physician and healthcare leader on the brink of burnout, and an ethnic minority in the South, his tale is marked by chaotic intersections. Throughout, his commitment to fostering and advocating for caring and compassion in the practice of medicine shines as Desai shares his unique perspective.

Dr. Dhaval Desai is a physician in Georgia who is a leader and frontline provider to hospitalized patients in a large metro-Atlanta health system. He carries a passion for the human and patient experience in medicine, specifically sharing perspectives and narratives from healthcare workers and patients.

Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter One. A New Virus
Chapter Two. Surge
Chapter Three. Twin Pandemics
Chapter Four. Burnout
Chapter Five. A Path to Wellness
Chapter Six. Skin Color
Chapter Seven. Divided
Chapter Eight. Vaccine
Chapter Nine. A New Normal
Chapter Ten. Delta
Chapter Eleven. COVID Positive
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.11.2023
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4766-9182-7 / 1476691827
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-9182-4 / 9781476691824
Zustand	Neuware