Faculty Bibliography

A routine medical exam in which a doctor learned that her nine-month-old Vietnamese patient was a victim of child abuse is discussed. Even with the language barrier, it wasn't hard to understand the mother's fear of what might happen next to a baby who couldn't understand when whe was supposed to shut up

Breastfeeding is not sacred, secret or sexy, but just as natural as a walk on the beach. Breastfeeding in a public place, which a woman should not feel embarrassed about and society should not look down on, is discussed

A doctor recognizes that, although she is able to dispense the proper advice to her patients when it comes to behavioral issues, she is not always able to use this good advice in her own home

Perri Klass reviews the book 'My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and Its People in the Age of AIDS' by Abraham Verghese

In The Lion King , Mufasa, the king of beasts, is trampled in a wildebeest stampede as he saves his little cub, Simba. Mufasa's evil brother, Scar, who provoked the stampede to kill his brother and take over the lion kingdom, convinces Simba that he killed his father. The distraught cub leaves home, nearly dies and wanders the veldt until he grows up enough to return and challenge his usurping uncle. In fact, the world is full of adults who think that the death of Bambi's mother is too upsetting for small children. Too sad. Too scary. There will be parents who feel that The Lion King may be too upsetting for children, too; a movie about lions is a little, well, redder in tooth and claw than a movie about a deer. I tend to worry more about human villains, both in real life and at the movies. By my standards, Snow White is the much more upsetting movie. There is nothing in The Lion King that can compare to a wicked queen who wants to kill her stepdaughter for being too beautiful or to a huntsman ordered to kill the girl and cut her heart out. And for that matter, are two lions fighting for control as scary as Cruella De Vil, who, in 101 Dalmatians, wants to kill the puppies and make them into coats? Yes, the cub is tortured by guilt, thinking that he started the wildebeests running and is therefore responsible for his father's death. But even small children will have no trouble identifying whose fault it really is; Jeremy Irons gives the evil uncle, Scar, a personality worthy of the long and distinguished line of Disney cartoon villains. And cartoon villains have always had a certain licence to be evil, just because they are not real people, and children can see that they are not

Flesh-eating streptococci, unusually virulent and fast-moving strains of the same kinds of strep that cause more minor skin infections and strep throat, was in many newspaper stories recently. One doctor's worries that simple skin infections could turn lethal are discussed

Perri Klass reviews the children's book 'Scooter,' written and illustrated by Vera B. Williams

Parents often worry about how much their children eat whether they are sick or well. An account of a doctor's experiences with parents who are overly-concerned about their children eating too little is presented

Pediatrician Perri Klass comments on the Clinton administration's health care proposals, saying the Clintons deserve credit for having placed the health care system at the center of national debate. Klass discusses her frustration as a physician with the lack of insurance for her patients who live in poverty, and says a system that provides every American with insurance will be a change for the better