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Dr. Patricia Raymond takes medicine seriously...and herself lightly. The author of Don’t Jettison Medicine has been there. She is dismayed by the increasingly dis-eased healthcare relationships, seeing caring careers become joyless, and finding patients obstructed from participating in their own wellness. Instead of continuing to observe the deterioration of medicine from calling to job, Dr. Raymond started Rx For Sanity to lead physicians and nurses to embrace their careers. Today, in her solo gastroenterology office, she practices what she preaches… timely medical care in an atmosphere of respect and dignity, in partnership with her patients and staff.
This provides her the flexibility to share her knowledge, experiences, and hope with her colleagues throughout the US, while staying in close touch with the realities faced by practicing health professionals. Dr Raymond hosted the popular weekly NPR program “House Calls” from 2004 through 2007. She writes editorials about physician-nurse collaboration and on patient partnership. Her editorials have been published in magazines, including: Physicians Practice, EndoNurse, Real Life Healthcare and My Family Doctor. Dr. Raymond’s story “Strong Medicine”, on the healing power of words,” is featured in Chicken Soup for the Caregivers Soul.
When asked, “What is your vision for how medicine should be practiced?”, her answer is simple: “Doctors, nurses, and patients working in partnership to ensure optimum wellness, not just the absence of disease.”
Betty Luse, Media Advisor
Robert Raymond, Literati Robert Raymond, co-author of "Don't Jettison Medicine", brings his irreverent style to many of our library entries and radio scripts. He is a writer/programmer based in Orlando Florida. Information on "Fire and Bronze", his book about Elisha (a pre-feminist legend of ancient Carthage) may be found at www.RobertRaymond.com.
Amy Locklear, Literati #2 Amy Locklear, a graduate of William and Mary (BA) and Auburn University (MA), resides in Alabama with her family. In addition to writing quirky blurbs for her former college roomie turned doctor, she teaches English Composition to college freshmen and tutors students online.
Maggie Ruch, Administrative assistant to Dr. Raymond, and who keeps it all together! www.assistspeakers.com
David Amerland, Web Guru, Amerland Enterprises UK
Cheryl Crouthamel, Illustrator Cheryl Crouthamel is a free lance illustrator from New Jersey, specializing in cartooning, children's illustrations and more. Her online portfolio may be found at www.CherylCrouthamel.com, or contact her at CherylCrout at aol.com
Sign over a gynecologist's office: "Dr. Jones, at your cervix."
Door to endoscopy:
"To expedite your visit, please back in"
Door of a plastic surgeon's office:
"Hello. Can we pick your nose?"
In a hospital:
"If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action."
On a maternity room door:
"Push. Push. Push."
At an optometrist's office:
"If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place."
In a podiatrist's office:
"Time wounds all heels."
A new medical facility with several different specialists opened in a trendy part of the city last month.
Wanting to be different and creative, the administration decided that each doctor's office f would, in some way, be representative of his practice.
So, when construction was complete, the eye doctor's door had a peep hole, the orthopedist's door had a broken hinge, the psychiatrist's door was painted all kinds of crazy colors, and the proctologist's door was left open - just a crack.
"We have the results back from your test and... I'm sorry, you have an extremely contagious deadly disease known as G.A.S.H."
"G.A.S.H?" replies the man. "What the heck is that?"
"It's a combination of gonorrhea, AIDS, SARS and herpes," explains the doctor.
"My gosh, Doc!" screams the man in a panic, "what are we going to do?"
"Well, we're going to put you on a strict diet of pizza and pancakes," says the doctor matter-of-factly.
"Will that cure me?"
"No," says the doctor, "but it's the only food that will fit under the door."
Meet The YHC team 
Dr. Patricia Raymond takes medicine seriously...and herself lightly. The author of Don’t Jettison Medicine has been there. She is dismayed by the increasingly dis-eased healthcare relationships, seeing caring careers become joyless, and finding patients obstructed from participating in their own wellness. Instead of continuing to observe the deterioration of medicine from calling to job, Dr. Raymond started Rx For Sanity to lead physicians and nurses to embrace their careers. Today, in her solo gastroenterology office, she practices what she preaches… timely medical care in an atmosphere of respect and dignity, in partnership with her patients and staff.
