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Something for the pain : one doctor's account of life and death in the ER / Paul Austin.

Summary:
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]

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.
Subject: Austin, Paul, 1955-
Emergency physicians > United States > Biography.
Austin, Paul, 1955-
Emergency Medicine > Personal Narratives.
Emergency Treatment > psychology > Personal Narratives.
Physician-Patient Relations > Personal Narratives.
Physicians > Personal Narratives.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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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 -

Summary: In this riveting memoir, an ER doctor reveals how his high-stress career of helping others led to a struggle to save himself.

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