The Mystery in the Room

<p><strong><em>The Mystery in the Room</em> vividly captures the real-world challenges-and quiet victories and defeats-faced by both doctor and patient in the realm of complex immune system diseases. </strong>This is not merely a book about rare diseases though it is indeed filled with fascinating and perplexing medical cases. <strong>It is more than anything a book about people-and about the doctor who never stopped trying to understand them. </strong>Dr. Chuck Radis has given us a gift: stories from the frontlines of medicine told not from the head of the exam table but from the heart. This book speaks to all of us-as patients as caregivers and as human beings-viewed and beautifully described from the other side of the bed rail.</p><p></p><p><strong>Some stories unfold like gripping medical mysteries; others are deeply human narratives that remind us that even when the diagnosis is clear the path forward can be fraught with emotional and ethical complexity. </strong>These moments and many more are poignantly and honestly portrayed throughout the book. The Mystery in the Room embodies the human values essential to both care and caring: the importance of curiosity and wonder in solving difficult medical problems and the necessity of empathy-genuine felt empathy-in every patient interaction. <strong>Whether you are a patient (as we all are at some point) or a healthcare professional seeking insight into how science and humanism must come together in the care of the sick you will find this book both moving and illuminating.</strong></p>