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"""A fascinating appraisal of the contemporary medical profession."" -Kirkus Reviews IN THIS VIVID, CANDID MEMOIR spanning seven decades from medical school through retirement, Dr. Milton S. Klein offers a unique glimpse into the formation of a physician-a rare, gloves-off account of transitioning into the inspiring and exasperating world of medicine. Handle with Care, with its lively, poignant, and occasionally raw and even ribald accounts of a young doctor's unromanticized journey, addresses the evolution of early medical education, leading to the new normal of the current day's doctor-patient relationship. A portion of net book sales will be donated to Promise Village Academy - a nonprofit school that educates Maasai children in Tanzania. For more information, please visit promisevillageacademy.org."

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While technological advances and other forces over the past fifty years have changed the face of medicine, many timeless and universal challenges await any budding physician today-and no one describes this better than Dr. Klein. - Thomas G. Keens, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Physiology, and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California A rewarding read for both patients and medical professionals. - Sheldon Rubenfeld, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor, Baylor College of Medicine His narrative will prompt any physician to reflect on their own medical experience and enlighten the non-physician to the universal human experience in the noble pursuit of healthcare. - Eric Haufrect, MD, Past President of the Medical Staff, Houston Methodist Hospital

"""While technological advances and other forces over the past fifty years have changed the face of medicine, many timeless and universal challenges await any budding physician today-and no one describes this better than Dr. Klein."" - Thomas G. Keens, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Physiology, and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California ""A rewarding read for both patients and medical professionals."" - Sheldon Rubenfeld, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor, Baylor College of Medicine ""His narrative will prompt any physician to reflect on their own medical experience and enlighten the non-physician to the universal human experience in the noble pursuit of healthcare."" - Eric Haufrect, MD, Past President of the Medical Staff, Houston Methodist Hospital"

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Dr. Milton S. Klein received a BS from McGill University and was a Regents Scholar at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Following his cardiology fellowship at Washington University and research at the Hammersmith Hospital in London, Dr. Klein became a clinical professor at both Baylor College of Medicine and UT, Houston. In addition to his current book, he published Learned by Heart: Dialogues with My Father in 2017, as well as numerous articles in medical literature. He received the Distinguished Service Award by the American Heart Association, as well as the Outstanding Clinical Teaching Award for Interventional Cardiology at UT, Houston. Dr. Klein retired in 2012 after thirty-five years in clinical practice and has volunteered in medical efforts in Tanzania.

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