Books Recommended or Written by Colleagues

Beyond Limits

Dr. Susan Warwick ob - gyn forwarded this suggestion as a well received book. Author Dr. Sella writes about her experience as an abortion provider. For 20 years, Dr. Shelley Sella saw patients whose diverse backgrounds and circumstances led them to the same difficult decision: to end their pregnancies. In her new book, Beyond Limits, Sella draws from her experiences to offer a window into a typical week at her clinic, weaving together patient stories.

https://townhallseattle.org/event/dr-shelley-sella/

 Dr. Sella will be coming to Seattle Thursday September 11, at the Wyncote NW Forum.

1119 8th Ave (Entrance off Seneca St.)
Seattle, 98101 Dr. Shelley Sella with Amelia Bonow. Townhall.org.

Seattle’s Medic One

Our own Dr. Rick Rapport has several books out including players many of us remember from practice or our training. In 1968, Dr. Leonard Cobb, along with Seattle fire chief Gordon Vickery, began to implement something new and daring: one of the country's first pre-hospital coronary care systems. Along with Dr. Michael Copass, they started Medic One, an emergency service unlike any other. ...

Facing Death

Facing Death: Finding Dignity, Hope and Healing at the End.

Jim deMaine spent nearly forty years caring for severely ill patients and witnessing their final days as a pulmonary and critical care specialist. He was the chief of medical specialties and co-chaired the ethics committee at Group Health Cooperative (now Kaiser Permanente).