This long-awaited memoir of a trailblazing emergency physician (otherwise known as “Doc Hollywood”) and a former Nova Scotia Minister of Health also tells the story of modern emergency medicine.

Ronald Stewart is a pioneer in the development of modern emergency medicine. An internationally renowned expert in prehospital care and paramedic training, Stewart has served as a senior medical consultant to governments and NGOs in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. A Companion of the Order of Canada, Dr. Stewart has published more than two hundred articles on the art and science of medicine. He also founded the Music in Medicine Program at his alma mater, the Dalhousie University Medical School.

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Jim Meek is an award-winning writer and journalist whose work has appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, Canadian Business, the Globe and Mail, Nieman Reports, Canadian Geographic, Progress, and several other publications. Based in Halifax, Meek was co-author of Offshore Dream, a History of Nova Scotia's Oil and Gas Industry. He was awarded a Nieman fellowship by Harvard University and was a recipient of the Hyman Solomon Award, which recognizes excellence in Canadian public policy journalism.

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