Intern : a doctor's initiation / Sandeep Jauhar.

  • Jauhar, Sandeep, 1968-
Date:
2008
  • Books

About this work

Description

Jauhar recounts his days and nights in residency at a busy hospital in New York City, a trial that led him to question the quality of medical care today. His beautifully written memoir explains that modern medicine can be a humane science after all.

Publication/Creation

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.

Physical description

xvi, 299 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents

Escape -- Phase transition -- Medical school -- Bogus doctor -- On call -- Road trip -- First death -- Heart rhythms -- Customer service -- Falling down -- Psychotherapy -- Night float -- Hole -- Winter blues -- Difficult patients -- Pride and prejudice -- Informed consent -- Bloody penguins -- Code leader -- Gentle surprises -- Fellowship.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-296).

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BZP (Jauhar)
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780374146597
  • 0374146594