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Top Ten Books to Read i f There’s a Ph ys ic ian in Yo u r Fam il y BY ANGELIC RODGERS, PHD There are many books out there for physicians, but not nearly as many which are inclusive of physician families as well. Here are ten the author recommends.
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Real-Life Physician Family: Secrets to Surviving, Even Thriving During Medical School, Residency, and Beyond.
At Least You’ll Be Married to a Doctor: Managing Your Intimate Relationship Through Medical School. Hagar, Jordyn
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Dunn, Stacy & Joel. (2019).
The White Coat Investor Series. Dahle, James M. (2021, 2019, 2014). Available in paperback and eBook. www.whitecoatinvestor.com/the-book
In addition to hosting the popular podcast The White Coat Investor, Dr. Dahle is a practicing board-certified emergency physician. His three-book series offers tips for physicians at all stages of training, including planning for medical school admittance to planning for post-practice financial health.
Stacy and her husband Joel share tips and insights specific to military medical families, but much of what is here will resonate with civilian families, as well. As with many medical family memoirs, this one takes the reader through the Dunn’s early years in their journey, through the application process, medical school, residency, and the beginning of their post-training life as a family.
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Paradis. (2012).
Hagar, a clinical social worker, makes use of her personal experiences as a medical spouse and her professional expertise to help others navigate medical relationships, which she describes as a three-way relationship, unique from traditional marriages. The book begins with Love in the Time of Medical School: Build a Happy, Healthy the pre-admission stage and leads readers through the years of medical Relationship with a Medical school and discusses the need for Student. Epstein, Sarah. (2017). sustained self-care, even after training. www.sarah-epstein.com The themes of balance and choices Epstein covers the beginning dominate; Hagar continually emstages of the journey of medicine phasizes how being a medical spouse by discussing the application is a choice (every day and at every process and takes readers through stage). Instead of feeling medicine to match day. Along the way, she is ruining our relationships, we provides helpful tips and strategies can move forward, making choices for couples to help them commu- that help us balance our emotional nicate better and strengthen their investment and expectations as we relationships. Epstein is a licensed support our doctor spouse. marriage and family therapist and contributor to Psychology Today. We’ve been fortunate to have her write for our blog and magazine, too. Be sure to check out her blog for great “medical relationship” entries like “Medicine is Not Destroying Your Marriage.”
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(This article was originally published in the Spring/Summer 2022 issue of Physician Family/Alliance in Motion Magazine.) 20 Lehigh County Health & Medicine | SUMMER 2022
