Segment 07: Faith and a Loving Family Support a High-Stress Career
Title
Segment 07 : Faith and a Loving Family Support a High-Stress Career
Interviewee
Keating, Michael
Interviewer
Rosolowski, Tacey Ann
Coding Structure
A: Personal Background A: The Interview Subject's Story
Coding
A: Personal Background A: Personal Background A: Influences from People and Life Experiences A: Character, Values, Beliefs, Talents C: Evolution of Career C: Funny Stories C: Faith C: Offering Care, Compassion, Help
File Type
Interview Segment
Abstract
Dr . Keating begins this segment by observing that burnout is a challenge in a career where “medicine is your mistress.” He describes the stresses that his career placed on his family admits he was a “largely absent husband.” [[CLIP Dr . Keating explains how his faith helps him work with patients with CLL . He expresses his deep feeling that these patients did not ask to have leukemia and are searching for someone to help them. He talks about his sense that, because of his gifts , he was destined to be a leukemia physician . He also describes the mutual feeling of trust and hope that evolves with patients , as well as a transfer of faith.]] Dr . Keating next observes that faith plays a bigger part in everyday life in the United States than in Australia . He tells a funny story about a patient shouting for Jesus’s help while Dr . Keating searched for a vein to give her medication . Next Dr . Keating explains why he and his family returned to Australia in 1977−1978 , only to return to the United States and to MD Anderson in 1978 . (Dr . Keating served as a Senior Lecturer , Department of Medicine , St . Vincent's Hospital , Melbourne during that year.) He had come to love his work more than his country and his family , he says . He describes a conversation with his sister , Maureen , who helped him make the difficult decision to leave Australia . Dr . Keating observes that he has never had a sense of not being loved , an important element of his ability to stay on his evolving career path .
Interview Date
May 13, 2014
Format
XML
Original Format
WAV
Identifier
Keating,M_01_20140513_S07
Collection
Making Cancer History® Voices Oral History Collection
Language
English
Repository
Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Restrictions on Use
All requests for copying of materials must be submitted to the Historical Resources Center in writing for approval. All reproductions will be handled by HRC staff. Authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce must be obtained in writing by the Historical Resources Center.
Preferred Citation
Michael Keating, MD, Oral History Interview, May 13, 2014, Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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