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Something for the pain : one doctor's account of life and death in the ER / Paul Austin.

By: Austin, Paul, 1955-Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2008Edition: First editionDescription: 297 pages ; 22 cmISBN: 9780393065602 (hardcover); 039306560X (hardcover)Subject(s): Austin, Paul, 1955- | Austin, Paul, 1955- | Emergency physicians -- United States -- Biography | Emergency Medicine -- Personal Narratives | Emergency Treatment -- psychology -- Personal Narratives | Physician-Patient Relations -- Personal Narratives | Physicians -- Personal NarrativesDDC classification: 616.02 Au937 2008 AA-HS LOC classification: R154.A92 | A3 2008Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
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.
Summary: In this riveting memoir, an ER doctor reveals how his high-stress career of helping others led to a struggle to save himself.
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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.

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