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Renowned surgeon Pierce Scranton, Jr., kept a detailed diary of his internship year at a busy California teaching hospital. This book is a vivid, fictionalized memoir of that year in the trenches. Through the intertwined stories of teachers, students and patients, it explores issues like: What happens when teaching and healing come into conflict? When is a new treatment to prolong life a good idea, and when is it a disaster? How did lawyers and bean-counters get so much power? And when do relationships between doctors and other staff "go too far?" This honest account is startling and sometimes shocking-but always gripping.
* A fictionalized memoir taken from the author's own diary of his internship year at a real California hospital.
* Gripping scenes underscore health and political issues that are of serious relevance to reader's lives today.
* Both startlingly informative and an engaging read, this novel will appeal to a wide audience.