num_pages: 528
description: While supervising a small group of interns at a major New York medical center, Dr. Robert Marion asked three of them to keep a careful diary over the course of a year. Andy, Mark, and Amy vividly describe their real-life lessons in treating very sick children; confronting child abuse and the awful human impact of the AIDS epidemic; skirting the indifference of the hospital bureaucracy; and overcoming their own fears, insecurities, and constant fatigue. Their stories are harrowing and often funny; their personal triumph is unforgettable. This updated edition of The Intern Blues includes a new preface from the author discussing the status of medical training in America today and a new afterword updating the reader on the lives of the three young interns who first shared their stories with readers more than a decade ago.
language: English
title: The Intern Blues: The Timeless Classic About the Making of a Doctor
titlecomplete: The Intern Blues: The Timeless Classic About the Making of a Doctor
genres: Autobiography, Medical, Biography Memoir, Biography, Science, Medicine, Health, Health Care, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1451
publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks