Treatment kind and fair : letters to a young doctor / Perri Klass.

New York : Basic Books, [2007], ©2007.

xvi, 233 pages ; 21 cm

Deciding to be a doctor: choosing and being chosen, and making your mother proud -- Asking questions, crossing borders -- Physical findings: appreciating a mass -- The state of residency -- Bugs, drugs, and data -- Against medical advice -- Making mistakes -- Knowing stories and keeping secrets -- Death and dying and presiding -- Work and life.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-233).