On Call
Subtitle: A Doctor's Days and Nights in Residency
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: August 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780312324834
Subjects: Practice Of Medicine; Women; Physician and patient; Biography / Autobiography; United States; Medical; Transue, Emily R; Physicians; Education & Training; Medical - General; Medical / Education & Training; Biography; Interns (Medicine)
First sentence: Medicine is a secret society of sorts, a world unto itself, with its own language, codes, and symbols.
Description: The story of a medical resident's initiation into her first three years as a doctor follows her internship in a Seattle hospital, where she experiences first-hand the triumphs and challenges of rescuing and losing patients.