The Soul of a Doctor: Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (797 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 156512507X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Moving. I am entering my first year of Medical school and this was a required summer reading assignment, but I have to say that it was worth it. This book is a collection of essays that tell the stories of actually students and their experiences with patients, healthcare and with finding themselves as physici. Wonderful read for all; great gift for medical students! I loved the book. These writers allow you to witness and feel first hand the amazing transformation medical students experience as they begin to treat patients. Just as having a child or losing a loved one can dramatically change your life and perspective, so can being responsible for another person's. promising book needs some surgery all of the true stories in this book have promise - they are interesting and thought provoking but unfortunately, the writers never follow through with the outcomes. You meet a patient, find out their problem - usually involving some sort of dillema for the dr. - they make their point but the outcome
In a particularly self-revelatory (and anonymous) piece, a student describes the endless hazing experience at the hands of interns and residents and the student's need to constantly manage a sense of insecurity. In one heartrending incident, David Y. All rights reserved. (June 2)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . Rajesh G. Hwang describes a marine's rage followed by tears on hearing that his wife was going to die, while the wife herself remains in calm denial. These are thoughtful and illuminating accounts of beginning
Often they seem aloof, uncaring, and hurried. Of course, they’re not all like that, and most didn’t start out that way. They show, often painfully, how medical students grow up, right at the bedside.. By the time most of us meet our doctors, they’ve been in practice for a number of years. Their decisions aren’t always right, and the consequences can be life-altering—for all involved. Their words focus on the odd transition students face when they must deal with real people in real time and in real crises and when they must learn to put aside their emotions to make quick, accurate, and sensitive decisions. Here are voices of third-year students just as they begin to take on clinical responsibilities. Moving, disturbing, and candid, their true stories show us a side of the profession that few ever see, or could even imagine