The Perfect Day
Abstract
The Perfect Day describes one day in my life as a pediatric cardiologist, with some wonderful and tough moments.
To protect privacy, names of patients and health care personnel have been changed.
The Perfect Day describes one day in my life as a pediatric cardiologist, with some wonderful and tough moments.
To protect privacy, names of patients and health care personnel have been changed.
David G. Thoele is a pediatric cardiologist and Director of Narrative Medicine at Advocate Children’s Hospital.
He has directed several interactive writing workshops with residents, medical students and attending physicians with the Narrative Medicine program at his hospital.
He is the Director of Pediatric Cardiology at Advocate Children's Hospital, Park Ridge, IL Campus. He is Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at The University of Illinois at Chicago.
About the Journal
Ars Medica is one of Canada’s first health humanities journals. Launched in 2004, we transitioned in 2014 to a web-only format. Ars Medica provides an online venue for dialogue, meaning-making, and the representation of experiences of the body, health, wellness, and encounters within the medical system. Content includes narratives from patients and health care workers, including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. We also include sections on writing by and about children, international health, and other voices routinely silenced in the healthcare system.