The House of God
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101460887 (1101460881)
Publish date: September 7th 2010
Publisher: Berkley Books
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Around here the postgraduate system of education in medicine is quite different than the American one, but still I could detect quite a few similarities - because I guess, whereever you are, patients, the medical hierarchy (the ice-cream cone) and what it does to you as intern, is quite the same. ...
Some of this really resonated still which is a same as I'd hoped that treatment of junior doctors had improved over the years (which it has but there's still a way to go). Couldn't get behind all the sex scenes though.
All in all, this is a great representation of what life is like as an intern. It's overtime and angry consultants and the camaraderie of your fellow interns. It's exhausting and terrifying in equal parts and I think the book does a good job of showing it. I also liked how being a doctor starts to im...
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