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Angels in the ER: Inspiring True Stories from an Emergency Room Doctor
Twenty-five years in the ER could become a resume for despair, but for Dr. Robert D. Lesslie it's a foundation for inspiring tales of angels who are friends, nurses, doctors, patients, strangers, or those unseen but clearly present "others" in the midst of trial.
"The ER is a difficult and challenging place to be. Yet the same pressures and stresses that mak
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Published
August 1st 2008
by Harvest House Publishers
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I found this book by accident, while searching for something else. Because I was intrigued by the title and the fact that it's written by a doctor, I decided to download it to my Kindle. I just finished a couple evenings of delightful reading, and highly recommend the book.
Each chapter is prefaced by an easily digestible passage from scripture, which forms the theme for the real-life stories that follow. This author doesn't inundate the reader with technical language, and writes with grea...more
Each chapter is prefaced by an easily digestible passage from scripture, which forms the theme for the real-life stories that follow. This author doesn't inundate the reader with technical language, and writes with grea...more
I picked this book up from a general store in Lancaster in early November. The store had a strong Christian theme, and the title of the book lead me to believe it too would be focused primarily on the Christian views of the doctor. I'm not opposed to Christianity in my books, and in fact some of my favorite books involved religion, it's just that I know so little about it, that my ignorance if you will makes it difficult to enjoy the book if it is too relgious. Though I did not like the last med...more
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I read the book Angels in the ER. Ir was a great book! It was great for two main reasons. One is I loved the real stories and second I loved the medical refrence. I will give you and idea of this book and why I would definetly reccomend this book.
First is the real stories. I loved the real stories! They were crazy and intense. The book includes stories of patients and their side of the stories. It showed a lot of emotion and you can almost feel the pain they are in. The wri...more
First is the real stories. I loved the real stories! They were crazy and intense. The book includes stories of patients and their side of the stories. It showed a lot of emotion and you can almost feel the pain they are in. The wri...more
This was a great book. It's about the author and his experiences as an ER doctor. With each chapter, readers are taught new things and/or are reminded of certain things.
One of the things I think this book makes a point of is that "angels" are people who help out when it is needed. And with this book we are taught that angels can be anyone and the deed can be anything; from a smile to giving hot food to a homeless person. Angels aren't just a biblical thing. They are in our...more
One of the things I think this book makes a point of is that "angels" are people who help out when it is needed. And with this book we are taught that angels can be anyone and the deed can be anything; from a smile to giving hot food to a homeless person. Angels aren't just a biblical thing. They are in our...more
This book tells the stories not of supernatural angels, but of patients, doctors, and nurses who in their attitudes and actions prove themselves to be angels. The ER doctor narrating these stories for the most part experienced by him is patently Christian, and the stories themselves ARE inspirational because they reveal courage and grace in the face of death.
This book is written so good that I felt I was actually there. This book really shows you what doctors and nurses in the ER have to go through, and that no matter how hard you try, you still loose some. I've alway wanted to be a ER surgeon or nurse, but this book REALLY inspired me. I'd recommend this book to anyone over thirteen, due too some scary parts.
This book was amazingg!!!! I absolutely love this kind of stuff. I am going into the Medical field and reading these stories just interest me like crazy! actually Dr. Lesslie came in today and spoke with my class because we all read it. He was great!!!!!
I recommend this book to anyone who loves interesting stories!!
I recommend this book to anyone who loves interesting stories!!
This is a book that will teach you more than you think that goes on in the Emergency Room in the Hospital. Angels in the ER come in forms of Nurses, doctors and Everyday People like you and me. If you enjoy Just being around People you'll enjoy this book.
I picked this book up at the airport for an easy read on a long flight. I wasn't dissapointed. Each chapter is about different people that come and go in the ER. I thought it was well written and very inspirational.
I thought it would be about near death experiences as told by an ER doc, but it was mostly the heroic people who work with the doc. There was one near death experience. The book was interesting to read, but not what I thought it would be.
I really enjoyed this book - it is a good book when you need to read in short spurts - and has a lot of uplifting thoughts in it... Although - I think I will have nightmare's about the "ants"!!!
i learned that there is just some things that the doctors just don't talk about but it keeps you on your toes.
Great book, true stories about his experiences in the e.r. Very captivating, hard to put down.
Not at all what I expected - a total disappointment.
excellent stories viewed by a christian doctor. Loved it
This book held my interest. Gross in parts.
Some heart-wrenching stories in this book - but lots of heart-warming ones too.
A very nice book..
Kind of reminds me of the Chicken Soup For The Soul series...
can't beat ER stories.
Overall an enjoyable book to pick up and put down as needed. As an RN whose first love is the ER, I could relate to the circumstances and it made me think of people who I met while working that could be considered angels. I hope I was one! I'm generously giving it 4 stars, not that there was any reason I didn't like it, it was fine, just not the compelling read that would make me bump it higher.
This was the first book I told the stories of doctors and it got me pretty addicted to such real life books. This book was filled with tragic moments and inspirational miracles and knowing that the stories told were absolutely true really added to the effect. This is an excellent book that everyone should read at least once.
I could not put this book down. It is riveting, and chronicles what really happens in a big city ER with the staff and patients and their families. I read this book when my elderly Dad was in the hospital after falling. Dr. Lesslie is an amazing man, and gives his perspective as a professional and a spiritual human. Wonderful!
I wanted to like this, I really did. And some of the stories were good, but overall this book was just boring and flat. It wasn't inspiring. It fell way short of that for me.
I worked in two different emergency rooms for many years so at first what he wrote struck me as unrealistically sentimental and but overall it was a positive read.
Real accounts of what happened to some people in the ER. Doctors and patients alike. Very spiritual book, but i'm not religous and i still loved it!
A bit repetitive at times but very encouraging. A good memoir and picture of life in the E.R. for someone who has never had that experience.
A really quick read about different situations/patients in the ER as told by an ER doctor. Interesting and well written.
I loved this book!!! Gives such a different perspective of "miracles" to me. I totally recommend it to most people.
interesting book by an ER doctor and true stories of the multitude of patients that have come through the ER
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