white coat becoming a doctor at harvard medical school
p white coat is dr. ellen lerner rothmans vivid account of her four years at harvard medical school . describing the grueling hours and emotional hurdles she underwent to earn the degree of m.d. dr. rothman tells the story of one womans transformation from a terrified first year medical studen into a confident competent doctor . p touching on the most relevant issues in medicine today such as hmos aids and assisted suicide dr. rothman recounts her despair and exhilaration as a medical student from the stress of exams to th hard won rewards that came from treating patients . p the anecdotes in white coat are funny heartbreaking and at times horrifying . each chapter taes us deeper into dr. rothmans medical school experience illuminating her struggle to walk the line between too much and not enough intimacy with her patients . for readers of perri klass and richard selzer dr. rothman looks candidly at medicine and presents an unvarnished perspective on a subject that matters to us all . white coat opens the infamously closed door between patient and doctor in a book that will change the way we look at our medical establishment.in white coat ellen rothman offers a vivid account of her four years at one of the best medical schools in the country and opens the infamously closed door between patient and doctor . touching on todays most important medical issues such as hmos aids and assisted suicide the author navigates her way through despair exhilaration and a lot of exhaustion in harvards classrooms and bostons hospitals to earn the indisputable title to which we entrust our lives . p with a thoughtful candid voice rothman writes about a wide range of experiences from a dream about holding the hand of a cadaver she had dissected to the acute embarrassment she felt when asking patients about their sexual histories . she shares her horror at treating a patient with a flesh eating skin infection the anxiety of being pimped by doctors for information when doctors quiz students on anatomy and medicine as well as the ultimate reward of making the transformation and of earning a doctors white coat . p for readers of perri klass richard selzer and the millions of fans of er white coat is a fascinating account of one womans journey through school and into the high stakes drama of the medical world . p in white coat ellen rothman offers a vivid account of her four years at one of the best medical schools in the country and opens the infamously closed door between patient and doctor . touching on todays most important medical issues such as hmos aids and assisted suicide the author navigates her way through despair exhilaration and a lot of exhaustion in harvards classrooms and bostons hospitals to earn the indisputable title to which we entrust our lives . p with a thoughtful candid voice rothman writes about a wide range of experiences from a dream about holding the hand of a cadaver she had dissected to the acute embarrassment she felt when asking patients about their sexual histories . she shares her horror at treating a patient with a flesh eating skin infection the anxiety of being pimped by doctors for information when doctors quiz students on anatomy and medicine as well as the ultimate reward of making the transformation and of earning a doctors white coat . p for readers of perri klass richard selzer and the millions of fans of er white coat is a fascinating account of one womans journey through school and into the high stakes drama of the medical world . p
a young doctor chronicles her four years in one of the nations toughest medical schools exploring her relationships with patients and touching on her professions most agonizing issues including aids hmos and assisted suicide . reprint . 10000 first printing .