Something for the pain : one doctor's account of life and death in the ER / Paul Austin.
In this riveting memoir, an ER doctor reveals how his high-stress career of helping others led to a struggle to save himself.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393065602 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 039306560X (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 297 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., [2008]
- Copyright: ©2008
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Tool bag -- Night shift -- Still hurting -- The caring curve -- Something so personal -- Declaring a patient -- Ventilator -- Among savages -- Face-to-face -- Mrs. Kelly -- Splinters -- Tucker put his gun to his head -- Longing for sleep -- Seeking rehab -- Somebody's baby -- Sleeping at my mother-in-law's -- Sleeping quarters -- Gunshot wound to the chest -- Why don't you do something? -- Something for the pain -- The devil is a beautiful man -- Rotating shifts. |
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Abington Community Library | 92 AUSTIN (Text) | 50687010934308 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Palmerton Area Library | 616 Au7 (Text) | 30041100093887 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Allentown Public Library | 616.025 AUST (Text) | 34455005270935 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |
Wayne County Public Library | 616.02 AUS (Text) | 31843000644399 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
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