What Cannot Be Undone

True Stories of a Life in Medicine

By: Walter M. Robinson

Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May

In his award-winning debut essay collection, What Cannot Be Undone, Walter M. Robinson shares surprising stories of illness and medicine that do not sacrifice hard truth for easy dramatics. These true stories are filled with details of difficult days and nights in the world of high-tech medical care, and they show the ongoing struggle in making critical decisions with no good answer. This collection presents the raw moments where his expertise in medical ethics and pediatrics are put to the test. He is neither saint, nor hero, nor wizard. Robinson admits that on his best days he was merely ordinary. Yet in writing down the authentic stories of his patients, Robinson discovers what led him to the practice of medicine-and how his idealism was no match for the realities he faced in modern health care.

©2022 Walter M. Robinson (P)2022 Tantor

Memoir of a neurotic gay man who became a doctor

The opening chapter was what I thought this book would be about. Decisions made in medicine that cannot be undone. Instead it's really an autobiography as described in my title review. His atrociously ignorant and crappy parents set him up to a degree, the sociocultural era definitely took its toll. But there arent any major contributions to knowledge made by this book, other than maybe some close up looks at Cystic fibrosis. It's a free read. That is a good thing.