what would it be like to be that person's doctor or if he went back 1981 when mark david chapman killed john lennon and was sent to bellevue hospital. this was before dr. for its time but he was sent to bellevue hospital to the prison ward is a patient they think about the difficulty of being a psychiatrist who is supposed to manage this patient. now it's one thing to be able this to say to yourself as a psychiatrist, i will try to maintain my anonymity here. i can do a careful of violation, i can prescribe the most appropriate medication if it's necessary and i will try to restrain my feelings and not show the contempt or rage or hatred that i might feel for this person. but here's the question. this is the question that is at the heart of this book. how do you manage to bring yourself to actually care about that person? i think again if you read the book you will see dr. ford has answered that question and made it clear how it's possible care in spite of some of the awful things that you have to deal with. there are stories in this book that are heroic. there are other stories that ar