Intern: A Doctor's Initiation
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Intern is Dr. Sandeep Jauhar's story of his days and nights in residency at a busy hospital in New York City, a trial that led him to question his every assumption about medical care today. Residency--and especially its first year, the internship--is legendary for its brutality, and Jauhar's experience was even more harrowing than most. He switched from physics to medicine in order to follow a more humane calling--only to find that his new profession often had little regard for patients' concerns. He struggled to find a place among squadrons of cocky residents and doctors. He challenged the practices of the internship in The New York Times , attracting the suspicions of the medical bureaucracy. Then, suddenly stricken, he became a patient himself--and came to see that today's high-tech, high-pressure medicine can be a humane science after all. Jauhar's beautifully written memoir explains the inner workings of modern medicine with rare candor and insight.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0374531595
ISBN13:9780374531591
Release Date:January 2009
Publisher:Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.67 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.7" x 8.2"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Great book on Residency Years
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Its a great book about residency years of every doctor. It tells about their constant struggle to cope with present health care system. Author tried to give his honest encounter of most of the things. I highly recommend this book for any one who is going into medicine or spouses of medical professionals.
Brilliant, honest account of internship
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Intern This book is a brilliant, honest and touching memoir of one man's journey through his medical internship at New York Hospital. I could not put it down. I had no idea how grueling the process was. He has shared intimate details of his daily life on the wards, the stresses as well as the rewards. Yes, I give it as many stars as there are in the sky! DWD
Couldn't put the book down.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
As a physician, I don't have much time to read a book for leisure, but I couldn't put this book down. You don't have to be in the medical profession, or have gone through internship to appreciate this book, but it definitely brought back memories from my own training. I wish I had kept a journal during my internship and residency. Will this book be our generation's version of House Of God?- I'm not sure, but one thing is for sure, it is a great read, well written, and a lot better than the sweater I got for christmas!
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