Pearls of Caring: A Memoir

Stories of Caring for Patients as Human Beings, Not as a Disease

Pearls of Caring is a memoir of an accomplished physician and woman who wants to impart the wisdom she learned through providing health care and healing. Readers will learn of the value in truly listening to the patient-meeting them where they are-and the importance of having faith in God in all that you do. The outpouring of heartfelt gratitude from her many patients inspired this book.

For sixty years, Dr. Marquez provided health care to generations of families in a small Delaware town. From newborns to their great-grandparents, she was guided by her faith and the Hippocratic Oath she took to do no harm, and cared for them all with expertise and compassion.

Born during World War II, Dr. Marquez's earliest memories are of the brutal Japanese soldiers who occupied her hometown in the Philippines as well as her loving parents who provided support and encouragement-and the foundation of faith on which she built a life and a career.

In Pearls of Caring, she describes her youth in the Philippines, her educational journey, marriage and children, and her bittersweet choice to pursue specialty training in the United States.

Her humble beginnings and family support allowed her to demonstrate her love and care for all people-as a physician and as a human-and to create a successful medical practice that helped so many.