Una baby boomer italoamericana, combattuta tra i rigori del protestantesimo e l'indulgenza del cattolicesimo, racconta uno scorcio d'America e d'Italia dal dopoguerra fino a oggi. È nell'area della Baia di San Francisco, nella Silicon Valley del business frenetico, che inizia il suo viaggio guidato dalle cinque pietre, che la mano di Dio le mostra in sogno. La sua singolare carriera professionale si intreccia alla ricerca spirituale: dalla Apple computer a un campo-scuola buddista, dai bambini malati terminali all'orientamento pastorale in un carcere femminile federale. La prova più importante arriva con la diagnosi di tumore. Dopo la guarigione, si è ritirata in un borgo italiano.

Learning medical professionalism is a challenging, evolving, and life-long endeavor. Professionalism in Medicine: A Case-Based Guide for Medical Students helps begin this process by engaging students and their teachers in reflection on cases that resonate with the experiences of life in medicine. Through the book's seventy-two cases, commentaries, videos, and literature-based reviews, students explore the many challenging areas of medical professionalism. Readers will appreciate the provocative professionalism dilemmas encountered by students from the pre-clinical years and clinical rotations and by physicians of various specialties. Each case is followed by two commentaries by writers who are involved in health care decisions related to that case, and who represent a wide variety of perspectives. Authors represent 46 medical schools and other institutions and include physicians, medical students, medical ethicists, lawyers, psychologists, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, health care administrators, and patient advocates.