Becoming a Doctor: From Student to Specialist, Doctor-Writers Share Their Experiences
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (959 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393334554 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Essays by such distinguished writers as Peter D. Kramer, Kay Redfield Jamison, Danielle Ofri, Robert Coles, Lauren Slater, Sandeep Jauhar, and Perri Klass create a vivid mural of the medical world, from a student’s uneasy first encounter with a cadaver to a veteran doctor’s memories of the emotionally charged days and nights of residency.. A sustaining work of art.” Linda Elisabeth Beattie, Courier-Journal In this inspired anthology, doctors relate true stories from their professional lives, capturing disillusionments and triumphs encountered along the way. “As wise as it is well written
Lee Gutkind is the founder and editor of the literary journal Creative Nonfiction and a pioneer in the field of narrative nonfiction. A Distinguished Writer in Residence at Arizona State University, he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Tempe, Arizona. . Gutkind is also the editor of In Fact and Becoming a Doctor, the author of Almost Hu
Musings from your doctor's pen While in the exam room, gowned in that flimsy blue paper robe, have you ever wondered what is going on in the mind of the doctor perched on the stool in front of you?Judging from the essays in this book, there's plenty going on in there! These wonderful stories about the preparation for and practice of medicine come from some very gifted doctors whose pens obviously do more than just scratch out prescriptions.I particularly enjoyed the essays that illuminate the day-to-day life of a resident, . Not "Becoming a Doctor"? Me neither, read on So, maybe you've accidently stumbled on this book and think, "Becoming a Doctor", nope, not me. Before you hit that back button, consider thisMy review and opinions are based entirely from a non-medical, sociological/psychological perspective. When I ran across "Becoming a Doctor", courtesy of befriending a medical student, the sociologist in me jumped up and cheered after reading the introduction. Having a degree in Sociology, I have an interest in non-fiction that represents a field of study. "Hit and Miss" according to Farnk. While some of these stories absolutely ring true and are the work of truly skilled physician-authors, others are at best clumsy attempts at creative writing. The bad overshadows the good here, and it was largely a frustrating read which seemed more like therapy writing than anything else. There are two or three truly excellent essays, but most show the experiences of doctors who seemed to find out too late that medicine is an emotionally and physically draining profession, and are struggling t
--Donna Chavez . From Booklist In this noteworthy yet somewhat uneven collection, journalist Gutkind assembles a chorus of 19 doctors who voice as many diverse features and phases of being or becoming a doctor. One is that these insights embody a number of generally unvoiced challenges drawn from incidents within the trenches of the medical profession. The other is that the essay format forces pithy, laser-like exposure of self-analytical and thought-provoking perspectives that are certain to engage prospective medical practitioners as well as medically curious lay readers. From pediatrician to professor, physician to psychoanalyst, the characteristics of each person’s story are at once unique to the medical p