Attending children : a doctor's education / Margaret E. Mohrmann.

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2006, ©2005.

ix, 212 pages ; 23 cm

Telling death -- Pain and longing -- Variations on the theme of competence -- Being Mickey's doctor -- Another kind of courage -- Being there -- Intensive care -- Power and powerlessness -- Letting go and going on -- Suspending disbelief -- God will find a way -- Presumptuous empathy -- Bridging the distance -- Against all odds -- Still attending.

Includes bibliographical references.