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Who's Publishing What: If You'd Only Listen
How far are you prepared to go to save the life of someone you love?
Approximately 371,000 patients die every year in the U.S. from preventable medical errors, and another 424,000 are left with ongoing disabilities, according to research from Johns Hopkins and Harvard universities.
Rosie and Steve Sorenson knew nothing of this when they had to move out of state for his liver transplant, due to an impossibly long waiting list in their home state of California.
Rosie Sorenson's If You'd Only Listen: A Medical Memoir of Gaslighting, Grit & Grace (Daffodil Productions) is a trip through medical hell, but thanks to her Midwestern tomboy grit and determination, she prevailed over a medical system that seemed bent on defeating her and her husband. The horror is leavened only by Rosie's wicked sense of humor.
The book's addendum presents a deep dive into medical errors and offers recommendations for how you can prevent errors from ending the life of someone you love.
Sorenson is a former healthcare administrator and psychotherapist. Her work has appeared in the Literary Medical Messenger, Los Angeles Times, Mobius, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, University of Iowa Daily Palette and others.
Her essays can be found in popular anthologies, including the Magic of Memoir: Inspiration for the Writing Journey. In addition, she has written political satire for The Progressive Populist for the past six years For a decade, she wrote a humor column for The Foolish Times.