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Austin, Paul, 1955-

Something for the pain : one doctor's account of life and death in the ER / Paul Austin. - First edition. - 297 pages ; 22 cm.

Introduction: Tool bag -- Night shift -- Still hurting -- The caring curve -- Something so personal -- Declaring a patient -- Ventilator -- Among savages -- Face-to-face -- Mrs. Kelly -- Splinters -- Tucker put his gun to his head -- Longing for sleep -- Seeking rehab -- Somebody's baby -- Sleeping at my mother-in-law's -- Sleeping quarters -- Gunshot wound to the chest -- Why don't you do something? -- Something for the pain -- The devil is a beautiful man -- Rotating shifts.

In this riveting memoir, an ER doctor reveals how his high-stress career of helping others led to a struggle to save himself.

ISBN: 9780393065602 (hardcover) 039306560X (hardcover)

LCCN: 2008020114

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101472922 DNLM

Subjects--Personal Names:
Austin, Paul, 1955-
Austin, Paul, 1955-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Emergency physicians--United States--Biography.
Emergency Medicine--Personal Narratives.
Emergency Treatment--psychology--Personal Narratives.
Physician-Patient Relations--Personal Narratives.
Physicians--Personal Narratives.

LC Class. No.: R154.A92 / A3 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 616.02 Au937 2008 AA-HS