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Resident on Call A Doctor's Reflections on His First Years at Mass General

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ISBN-10: 0762794534

ISBN-13: 9780762794539

Edition: 2014

Authors: Scott A. Rivkees

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In turn heartbreaking, irreverent, moving--and at times raucously humorous--one of the nation's leading pediatric researchers recounts his first years as a newly minted, stuggling, and insecure doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. A graduate of a state university medical school, Scott Rivkees was competing with elite students from some of the most prestigious schools in the country. Nervous and uncertain, he worked unholy hours with patients ranging from indigent street people to celebrity guests drawn to the reputation and care offered by Mass General.Along the way he learned what medical school textbooks don't teach: how to deal with immense pressure, exhaustion, unruly…    
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Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 4/1/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.044
Language: English