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Singular intimacies : becoming a doctor at Bellevue / Danielle Ofri

By:

Ofri, Danielle

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Penguin Group , 2004, c2003.Description: 243 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780142004388

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

610.92 OFR

LOC classification:

R692 .O35 2003

NLM classification:

WB 290

Contents:

Possessing her words -- Drawing blood -- AA battery -- Stuck -- Change of heart -- July 1st -- The professor of denial -- The burden of knowledge -- In charge -- Time of death, 3:27 A.M. -- Immunity -- Finding the person -- Positive -- M & M -- Intensive care -- Merced -- Possessing her words.

Summary: When Danielle Ofri enters the doors of New York's legendary Bellevue Hospital as a tentative medical student, she is immediately plunged into the teeming world of urban medicine: mysterious illnesses, patients speaking any one of a dozen languages, and overworked interns devising audacious strategies to cope with the feverish intensity of a big-city hospital. With each chapter, Ofri introduces us to a new medical crisis and a human being with an intricate and compelling history as she learns to navigate the tangled vulnerabilities of doctor and patient.--Book Jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	610.92 OFR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		041459

When Danielle Ofri enters the doors of New York's legendary Bellevue Hospital as a tentative medical student, she is immediately plunged into the teeming world of urban medicine: mysterious illnesses, patients speaking any one of a dozen languages, and overworked interns devising audacious strategies to cope with the feverish intensity of a big-city hospital. With each chapter, Ofri introduces us to a new medical crisis and a human being with an intricate and compelling history as she learns to navigate the tangled vulnerabilities of doctor and patient.--Book Jacket.

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