Author: Dr. Michael J. Collins
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429903074
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When Michael Collins decides to become a surgeon, he is totally unprepared for the chaotic life of a resident at a major hospital. A natural overachiever, Collins' success, in college and medical school led to a surgical residency at one of the most respected medical centers in the world, the famed Mayo Clinic. But compared to his fellow residents Collins feels inadequate and unprepared. All too soon, the euphoria of beginning his career as an orthopedic resident gives way to the feeling he is a counterfeit, an imposter who has infiltrated a society of brilliant surgeons. This story of Collins' four-year surgical residency traces his rise from an eager but clueless first-year resident to accomplished Chief Resident in his final year. With unparalleled humor, he recounts the disparity between people's perceptions of a doctor's glamorous life and the real thing: a succession of run down cars that are towed to the junk yard, long weekends moonlighting at rural hospitals, a family that grows larger every year, and a laughable income. Collins' good nature helps him over some of the rough spots but cannot spare him the harsh reality of a doctor's life. Every day he is confronted with decisions that will change people's lives-or end them-forever. A young boy's leg is mangled by a tractor: risk the boy's life to save his leg, or amputate immediately? A woman diagnosed with bone cancer injures her hip: go through a painful hip operation even though she has only months to live? Like a jolt to the system, he is faced with the reality of suffering and death as he struggles to reconcile his idealism and aspiration to heal with the recognition of his own limitations and imperfections. Unflinching and deeply engaging, Hot Lights, Cold Steel is a humane and passionate reminder that doctors are people too. This is a gripping memoir, at times devastating, others triumphant, but always compulsively readable.
Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
When Michael Collins decides to become a surgeon, he is totally unprepared for the chaotic life of a resident at a major hospital. A natural overachiever, Collins' success, in college and medical school led to a surgical residency at one of the most respected medical centers in the world, the
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When Michael Collins decides to become a surgeon, he is totally unprepared for the chaotic life of a resident at a major hospital. A natural overachiever, Collins' success, in college and medical school led to a surgical residency at one of the most respected medical centers in the world, the
Language: en
Pages: 448
Pages: 448
Forensic criminalist Dub Walker is once again called upon when an old friend enlists his help in finding her 19-year-old daughter. When the bodies of two young women show up in a shallow grave, one of whom is the daughter, Dub is back to work and hard at it. Soon
Language: en
Pages: 214
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Head held high, I walked out of the shelter with the dog others had deemed hopeless. Minutes later, I was banished from my own car by bared teeth and bristled fur, caught in the rain and dripping wet, foiled by the very creature whose cause I had just championed. Never
Language: uk
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
Правда – то його релігія, кажуть про Генрі Марша колеги. Власне, у цій книжці спогадів і роздумів відомого британського нейрохірурга ви знайдете багато захоплюючих історій, у яких головне – це етика стосунків між лікарем та пацієнтом, тонка межа між гіркою правдою і крихкою надією. Бути висококласним нейрохірургом – цього не
Language: en
Pages: 304
Pages: 304
It looked for a while like Michael Collins would spend his life breaking concrete and throwing rocks for the Vittorio Scalese Construction Company. He liked the work and he liked the pay. But a chance remark by one of his coworkers made him realize that he wanted to involve himself
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Books about Ліки від коханя та інші оповіді психотерапевта
Language: uk
Pages: 512
Pages: 512
Джеффрі Арчер (нар. 1940 р.) — постать доволі неоднозначна. Англійський політик з оксфордською освітою, який кілька разів полишав політичну арену через скандали; благодійник; лорд, котрий потрапив до в’язниці за лже- свідоцтво та перешкоду в здійсненні правосуддя; людина, яка почала писати книжки, щоб хоч якось виправити своє матеріальне становище. Уже перший
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Легендарний бестселер • Від культового автора сучасного горору • Тричі екранізовано Вона була з тих, кого називають аутсайдерами, «непопулярними» підлітками. Кпини однокласників, глузування та знущання стали частиною її життя. Коли інші тінейджери зустрічалися, ходили на вечірки та поступово дорослішали, вона жила в справжньому пеклі, яке створила схиблена на релігії мати-фанатичка.
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