A license to heal
Subtitle: random memories of an ER doctor
By: Steven Bentley, M.D.
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781491730072
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Emergency physicians; Biography; Emergency medicine; Anecdotes
Description: Steven Bentley, M.D. is a board certified ER doctor with a career spanning more than thirty years in various North Carolina emergency departments. His journey began in the mid-1970's when he chose to pursue a career in medicine. In his youthful perspective he came to regard doctors as the good guys, the ones who healed people and saved lives. He knew that he would be one of those good guys one day. He describes the real world of emergency medicine from the viewpoint of a practicing emergency physician. In the dynamic world of emergency medicine, there is a great deal of pain, blood and tragedy, but there is also hope, compassion and excitement - for both the patients and the staff.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Opening thoughts on emergency medical practice; title: Medical school; title: Training; title: internship and residency; title: The Veteran's Administration; title: The real world; title: from academics to real world medicine; title: ER medicine in the big city; title: Back to small-town ER medicine; title: Final thoughts.