While national debate about health care continues to dominate headlines and newscasts, Jane Carpineto offers a timely and fascinating look at three doctors, health-care professionals on the front lines of modern medical events.What is it like to weigh life-and-death decisions every day - every hour? How do social and economic pressures affect a doctor's patients, or a doctor's practice? Carpineto follows three doctors in and out of the hospital, from operating rooms and delivery suites to inner-city health clinics and intensive care units.On Call paints a vivid picture of a doctor's world: the happiness of bringing a new life into the world and the heartache of seeing one slip away; the decisions and choices that will change lives forever; how these doctors choose their careers, how their professional lives affect their private lives - and how they and their colleagues are responding to the current focus on health-care reform. On Call is a compelling book, one for doctors and patients alike. Read Less