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Direct Red
Paperback
Biographies GeneralMedical Reference
ISBN13: 9780061725418
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: Jul 27 2010
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.30 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
What a terrific book....[Weston] leaves you feeling that if push came to shove you'd want to be operated on by her.
--Nicholas Shakespeare, author of Bruce Chatwin: A Biography
The continuing popularity of doctor shows on TV--from Scrubs, House, and Grey's Anatomy to the television phenomenon ER--indicates a widespread fascination with all things medical. Direct Red, by practicing ear, nose, and throat surgical specialist Gabriel Weston, takes readers behind the scenes and into the operating room for a fascinating look at what really goes on on the other side of the hospital doors. A Surgeon's View of her Life-and-Death Profession, Weston's Direct Red is written not only with knowledge and insight, but with compassion, honesty, and literary flair.
It's a world where one mistake can be fatal, and every decision comes at a cost.
- A Surgeon's Residency: Follow a young doctor through the grueling, high-stakes apprenticeship where speed can be as dangerous as a slow hand, and a private mantra--Direct red--is all that stands between her and fainting in the OR.
- Women in Medicine: Navigate the complex hierarchy of the hospital, where a young female surgeon must contend with difficult attendings, romantic feelings for a patient, and the challenge of carving out a place in a world built by men.
- Life and Death Decisions: Confront the brutal realities of the emergency room and operating theater, from the heartbreaking final moments with a young cancer patient to the stark, impersonal nature of the dissecting room.
- Behind the Scenes Hospital Life: Go beyond the sterile doors to witness the raw, unfiltered, and often paradoxical world of medicine, where doctors must learn to balance clinical detachment with the profound empathy required to truly hear a patient's voice.
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