The Intern Blues: The Timeless Classic About the Making of a Doctor
- ISBN-10
- 0062243187
- ISBN-13
- 9780062243188
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 528
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-11-13
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Author
- Robert Marion
Description
While supervising a small group of interns at a major New York medical center, Dr. Robert Marion asked three of them to keep a careful diary over the course of a year. Andy, Mark, and Amy vividly describe their real-life lessons in treating very sick children; confronting child abuse and the awful human impact of the AIDS epidemic; skirting the indifference of the hospital bureaucracy; and overcoming their own fears, insecurities, and constant fatigue. Their stories are harrowing and often funny; their personal triumph is unforgettable. This updated edition of The Intern Blues includes a new preface from the author discussing the status of medical training in America today and a new afterword updating the reader on the lives of the three young interns who first shared their stories with readers more than a decade ago.
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Other editions
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- 2001-08-21
- 524 pages
- Paperback
- Harper Collins
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