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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsA Not Entirely Benign Procedure: Four Years as a Medical Studentby Perri Klass
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Fascinating...Klass writes with wit, intelligence, and a great deal of insight."—The New York Times Book Review. Synopsis:Surviving Harvard Medical School, Klass offers an unflinchingly honest view of this journey--from the perspective of a woman and mother in a field dominated by men and masculine sensibilities. Like Melvin Konner's Becoming a Doctor: A Not Entirely Benign Procedure, Klass's work has "wit, intelligence, and a great deal of insight" (The New York Times Book Review).
Table of ContentsIntroduction THE PRE-CLINICAL YEARS The Living-in-Sin Potluck and Other Tales of the First Year of Medical School A Textbook Pregnancy THE CLINICAL YEARS The First Time Crying in the Hospital Camels, Zebras, and Fascinomas Learning the Language Macho Tempos The Scrubbed and the Unscrubbed Emergency Room Babytalk Invasions 007s Enough to Make You Sick The Prize in the Cracker Jack Box Stress and Potato Chips Ignorance "Who Knows This Patient?" ISSUES Power Plays Disasters Past Nurses Baby Poop One in Ten Thousand India When Doctors and Patients Speak Different Languages AIDS Taking Precautions Dying Curing Assess and Advise DNR PUTTING IT TOGETHER A Weekend in the Life Match Day Conclusion—Baby Doctor
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