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    60 Timely Thoughts in 60 Minutes…: With Rhyme and Some Reason
    60 Timely Thoughts in 60 Minutes…: With Rhyme and Some Reason
    60 Timely Thoughts in 60 Minutes…: With Rhyme and Some Reason
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    60 Timely Thoughts in 60 Minutes…: With Rhyme and Some Reason

    By Robert Kerin MD and Claire Kerin

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    As the years unfolded for me, a recurring desire was trying to rhyme words. Limericks offered the opportunity along with the challenge of meter. Of the many that have been penned, I have summoned the courage to select those enclosed, sprinkled with satire and a dash of poetic license. One target of the satire is the system of medical care existing for patients and doctors alike. For both, insurance carriers and the federal government dictate the parameters within which care may be dispensed. No longer do doctors have the independence to hang out a shingle like dentists still do, and establish a solo practice. For the most part, group practice prevails, time constraints exist, care is less personal, and medicine has become a business, as it has to for anyone to survive. While my crystal ball is murky, the future does not look too enticing for medicine.
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    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateMar 11, 2013
    ISBN9781481715652
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      60 Timely Thoughts in 60 Minutes… - Robert Kerin MD

      60 Timely Thoughts

      In 60 Minutes…

      With RHYME and some REASON

      Original Limericks by Robert Kerin, MD

      Illustrations by Claire Kerin

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      2013 by Robert Kerin, MD. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 04/12/2013

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-1564-5 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-1565-2 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2013902700

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Medical

      Enter With Care

      Cigarette Smoke

      Double Bonds May Double Cross

      Ease

      Anxiety

      Anxiety And Worry

      Depression

      Socialized Care

      Rapid Repair

      Flawless Medicine

      Which Side, Which Pill?

      The Foolish Mind

      Caskets Don’t Have Pockets

      Mash

      A Battery For Bone

      Whose Face In The Mirror?

      The Priceless Crown

      Dr. Death

      The Sirens Of Long Island Sound

      Town Gown In Medicine

      The Grateful Patient

      Birthdays

      Miss Fullcharge

      The Hospital Till

      The Resident Staff

      The Nightmare

      Club Eighteen Percent

      Senior Care

      Self Care

      The Best Cure Is Prevention

      Alpha Tocopheryl

      Five On Physiology And Pathology

      Ode To The Ovary

      Influenza

      The Best Medical Visit

      Reflective

      If Only

      Imagination

      Profit And Pleasure

      The Spoken Word

      Who, What, Where, And When?

      The True Side

      Indigestion

      Bureaucracy

      English 101

      Well

      I

      Even A Fish

      The World Of Legalese

      Three Score And Ten

      The Fiefdom Array

      Off-Color

      Fly Piece And Eye Piece

      The Fly Zone

      Jack In The Box

      Jack And Bill

      Lightning Bug

      Mating Time

      Sexual Harassment Then And Now

      The Gulf Stream

      The Love Of The Louse

      A Hard Choice

      Epilogue

      INTRODUCTION

      As the years unfolded for me, a recurring desire was trying to rhyme words. Limericks offered the opportunity along with the challenge of meter. Of the many that have been penned, I have summoned the courage to select those enclosed, sprinkled with satire and a dash of poetic license. One target of the satire is the system of medical care existing for patients and doctors alike. For both, insurance carriers and the federal government dictate the parameters within which care may be dispensed. No longer do doctors have the independence to hang out a shingle like dentists still do, and establish a solo practice. For the most part, group practice prevails, time constraints exist, care is less personal, and medicine has become a business, as it has to for anyone to survive. While my crystal ball is murky, the future does not look too enticing for medicine.

      All my research indicates that the term limerick may hail from Ireland (probably a pub), where it designates

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