The Real Life of an Internist
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The Real Life of an Internist

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

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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Publisher
Kaplan Test Prep
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9781427799647
eBook ISBN
9781607146490
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Internal Medicine & Diagnosis

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction: Mark D. Tyler-Lloyd, MD, MPH
  6. Chapter 1 - Beyond The White-Coat Ceremony: Maya Salameh, MD
  7. Chapter 2 - The ICU: Himali Weerahandi
  8. Chapter 3 - Walking through Michael Reese: David A. Matuskey, MD
  9. Chapter 4 - Higher Power: Eliezer Van Allen, MD
  10. Chapter 5 - Helping Harry: Douglas Olson, MD
  11. Chapter 6 - Getting Through: Monique Tello, MD, MPH
  12. Chapter 7 - Night in The Emergency Room: Bryan Bordeaux, DO, MPH
  13. Chapter 8 - Angel of Mercy, Angel of Death: Monique Tello, MD, MPH
  14. Chapter 9 - Yellow Ooze: Sarah Canavan, MD
  15. Chapter 10 - Transitions: Robert Lamberts, MD
  16. Chapter 11 - Human Contact: Rima Bishara, MD
  17. Chapter 12 - Tiffany: Lee Savio Beers, MD
  18. Chapter 13 - My Calling: Conrad Fischer, MD
  19. Chapter 14 - The Doctor’s Wife: Sayantani DasGupta, MD, MPH
  20. Chapter 15 - Indiscretions: Anna Reisman, MD
  21. Chapter 16 - On Caring for Difficult Patients: Tony Miksanek, MD
  22. Chapter 17 - The Wreath: Bryan Bordeaux, DO, MPH
  23. Acknowledgment of Permissions
  24. Reader’s Guide
  25. About the Editor
  26. About the Contributors
  27. Preview: The Real Life of A Pediatrician: Perri Klass, MD Editor
  28. Other Books in The Kaplan Voices: Doctors Series
  29. Copyright

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