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A fictionalised memoir of the author's internship year at a busy California teaching hospital.
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A hospital operating room may not be as safe as you think it is. Hiding among the sterile scrubs and gleaming instruments of an operating room is a whole lot of high drama: split-second life-and-death decisions; deep questions of ethics; roaring personality conflicts; and, the glory of saving a life-and the horror when a simple procedure goes terribly wrong.Renowned surgeon Pierce Scranton, Jr., kept a detailed diary of his internship year at a busy California teaching hospital. This book is a vivid, fictionalised memoir of that year in the trenches. Through the intertwined stories of teachers, students and patients, it explores issues like: What happens when teaching and healing come into conflict? When is a new treatment to prolong life a good idea, and when is it a disaster? How did lawyers and bean-counters get so much power? And when do relationships between doctors and other staff 'go too far?' This honest account is startling and sometimes shocking - but always gripping.
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- PublisherElite Books
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1600700144
- ISBN 13 9781600700149
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages329
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