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Maria J. Gonzalez
The author has had a rewarding career in nursing and medicine, including internal (multi-specialty clinics), primary care, and emergency medicine. She has worked in hospice and home care, and curre...view moreThe author has had a rewarding career in nursing and medicine, including internal (multi-specialty clinics), primary care, and emergency medicine. She has worked in hospice and home care, and currently volunteers in a free clinic serving the uninsured and underserved.
Previous publications include: How to Render Primary Care to Patients With Different Cultural Beliefs and Practices, a chapter on Home Care For Patients With Aids, a paper on herbs and other alternative therapies, poetry, and haiku. At the time of these writings, her name was Mary Jo Swafford.
She is a neuroendocrine cancer survivor, is retired, studying to re-certify as an MD, and lives with her partner and two cats in No. California.view less