num_pages: 176
description: Hailed by The Boston Globe as "a compact, faceted gem that shines with intelligence," this stunning collection offers a startling and moving look at people whose lives are on the line and the men and women who try to keep them from crossing it. These twenty-eight vignettesseamlessly juxtapose visceral portrayals of life-and-death medical situations with lyrical meditations on the world of medicine and the world at large.
language: English
title: The Blood of Strangers: Stories from Emergency Medicine
titlecomplete: The Blood of Strangers: Stories from Emergency Medicine
genres: Medicine, Biography, Science, Autobiography, Anthologies, Health Care, Nonfiction, Short Stories, Medical, Memoir
ratings_count: 442
publisher: Picador