Letters from the Pit Letters from the Pit

Letters from the Pit

Stories of a Physician's Odyssey in Emergency Medicine

    • 4.6 • 24 Ratings
    • £2.49
    • £2.49

Publisher Description

In a culture of comic book heroes, it's gratifying to be reminded that there are real heroes out there. Every day the staff of emergency rooms throughout the world are saving lives - 24/7/365. Dr. Patrick Crocker provides us an intimate glimpse into the growing mind of an emergency physician, from residency to retirement.

Told in a unique first-person stream of consciousness style, you are right in the middle of the action, looking over the doctor's shoulder while he works. In this compilation of notable, frightening, funny, sad, and poignant cases, you'll see Dr. Crocker's struggles to Do No Harm in the most challenging of situations. Through these stories, you'll see him find the delicate balance between help and harm, empathy and self-preservation.

GENRE
Biography
RELEASED
2019
1 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
244
Pages
PUBLISHER
BookBaby
SIZE
784
KB

Customer Reviews

Aserfsaderaew ,

Absolutely fantastic

Can’t recommend this enough, places you right there on the ward, trying to guess what the next twist will be

lm26p411 ,

Fascinating

A fascinating insight into one of the most important and yet undervalued professions.

sandyshore. ,

Letters from the pit

A must read one of my top five books that I have read kept me reading till the early hours of the morning every chapter was brilliant enjoyable was not boring at all would have given it more stars 5 stars👌🏻😁 thank you will pass the book on to others I will tell them to buy it if they want a good read

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