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- English
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The Real Life of an Internist
About this book
Imagine that you're a young internist, with a waiting room full of sick and anxious people, a man with chest pains in Exam Room 1, a teenager with a mystery ailment in Exam Room 2, and several patients waiting for test results. On top of that, you have to deliver bad news to the woman in Exam Room 3, whose headaches may be something more sinister than you previously thought. Every one of those patients is a story. Unusual diagnoses. Heartbreaking losses. Triumphant healing. From medstudent to intern topracticing specialist, The Real Life of an Internist traces the careers ofinternists, thelargestspecialization among doctors. This anthology features first-person narratives fromstudents and doctors studying internal medicineat every stage of their careers, and offers an unblinking look at daily life in the field. Other books in the Kaplan Voices: Doctors series will focus on pediatrics, family practice, psychiatry, anesthesiology, oncology, geriatrics, and surgery, the most prominent specialties today.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: Mark D. Tyler-Lloyd, MD, MPH
- Chapter 1 - Beyond The White-Coat Ceremony: Maya Salameh, MD
- Chapter 2 - The ICU: Himali Weerahandi
- Chapter 3 - Walking through Michael Reese: David A. Matuskey, MD
- Chapter 4 - Higher Power: Eliezer Van Allen, MD
- Chapter 5 - Helping Harry: Douglas Olson, MD
- Chapter 6 - Getting Through: Monique Tello, MD, MPH
- Chapter 7 - Night in The Emergency Room: Bryan Bordeaux, DO, MPH
- Chapter 8 - Angel of Mercy, Angel of Death: Monique Tello, MD, MPH
- Chapter 9 - Yellow Ooze: Sarah Canavan, MD
- Chapter 10 - Transitions: Robert Lamberts, MD
- Chapter 11 - Human Contact: Rima Bishara, MD
- Chapter 12 - Tiffany: Lee Savio Beers, MD
- Chapter 13 - My Calling: Conrad Fischer, MD
- Chapter 14 - The Doctor’s Wife: Sayantani DasGupta, MD, MPH
- Chapter 15 - Indiscretions: Anna Reisman, MD
- Chapter 16 - On Caring for Difficult Patients: Tony Miksanek, MD
- Chapter 17 - The Wreath: Bryan Bordeaux, DO, MPH
- Acknowledgment of Permissions
- Reader’s Guide
- About the Editor
- About the Contributors
- Preview: The Real Life of A Pediatrician: Perri Klass, MD Editor
- Other Books in The Kaplan Voices: Doctors Series
- Copyright