The Wonder and the Mystery

The Wonder and the Mystery is a remarkable gathering of voices from the front lines of primary care. Speaking honestly, arguing passionately, and singing from the heart, these voices reflect on the power of healing, the many meanings of patient care, and the search for wholeness in health, health care, and life. The book is a unique collection of personal reflections and ideas from the Annals of Family Medicine, a primary care research journal. Each article has some connection to primary care but, as a compilation, it covers a wide range of topics, from the deeply personal to professional and policy issues. Written by clinicians, researchers, and patients, the articles speak with a remarkable honesty, providing inspirational insights into health care and humanity. They shed light on the value of primary care not only as an approach to health care but also the unique and important role it plays in people's lives. "The things we cannot measure may be the very things that will sustain us, that form the foundation of a life of service and deep fulfillment.Primary care is not just a work of science; primary care is a front row seat on life, a rare glimpse of the wonder and mystery present below the surface of the ordinary, invisible to the casual observer. We may all need to know a little less and wonder a little more." Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, in her Foreword

“"Primary care is not only a work of science, primary care is a front row seat on life, a rare glimpse of the wonder and mystery present below the surface of the ordinary." --From the Foreword by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD”

"Primary care is not only a work of science, primary care is a front row seat on life, a rare glimpse of the wonder and mystery present below the surface of the ordinary."
—From the Foreword by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD

Robin S. Gotler, MA, is Reflections Editor of the Annals of Family Medicine. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Sociology of Health and Disease from the College of St. Catherine and Master of Arts degrees in Bioethics (Case Western Reserve University) and History of Medicine (University of Minnesota). She has a passion for essays and memoir, nurtured by her studies of creative nonfiction with Carol Bly and Catherine Watson in the woods of northern Minnesota. Robin has been privileged to work in family medicine for 25 years and with the Annals of Family Medicine since its inception in 2002. She lives with her family in Minnesota, where wonder and mystery abound.

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