What physicians see on a daily basis is profound. They see life and death. They also see everything in between. Though it is not always a rose garden, it can be one of the most wonderful and unique experiences that life has to offer. This collection of poetry is for those who wish to travel into the mind of a young physician and experience the long journey endured.
What physicians see on a daily basis is profound. They see life and death. They also see everything in between. Though it is not always a rose garden,...
In the ER, the OR, and in the waiting room where the doctors deliver heart stopping news to the families of their patients, a neurosurgeon's apprenticeship is arduous. This memoir of the day-to-day experiences of a resident in neurosurgery at one of the nation's busiest trauma centers provides a rare window into the training of the doctors who open patients' skulls and operate on their brains and spinal cords. Paul Kaloostian's intimate account describes both the lifesaving feats and tragic failures that are the daily ups and downs of twenty-firstcentury neurosurgery. Kaloostian shares the...
In the ER, the OR, and in the waiting room where the doctors deliver heart stopping news to the families of their patients, a neurosurgeon's appren...