Hot Lights, Cold Steel : Life, Death, and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years
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Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Medicine, Medical Books
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Medicine, Medical Books
Book Type: Paperback
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A great memoir of a former cab-driver turned orthopedic surgeon. This book captures his four years of orthopedic residency at one of the nation's most prestigious hospitals. It's not at all glamorous or high-paid as one might think. You come to realize that doctors are humans just like the rest of us.
Dr. Collins writes in such an engaging, funny, easy to read manner without a lot of medical jargon or posturing to make himself look good. He comes off as an easy-going, down to earth person. You feel as though you're talking to him over a cup of coffee. He talks a lot about what it's like to be a surgical resident. You also glimpse the toll it takes on his wife and two young children. At times, the book is heartbreaking and and at other moments, it's very humorous. I was whipping through chapter after chapter not realizing how much time had passed.
Highly recommended if you like to read memoirs or you're interested in the medical field.
Dr. Collins writes in such an engaging, funny, easy to read manner without a lot of medical jargon or posturing to make himself look good. He comes off as an easy-going, down to earth person. You feel as though you're talking to him over a cup of coffee. He talks a lot about what it's like to be a surgical resident. You also glimpse the toll it takes on his wife and two young children. At times, the book is heartbreaking and and at other moments, it's very humorous. I was whipping through chapter after chapter not realizing how much time had passed.
Highly recommended if you like to read memoirs or you're interested in the medical field.
