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Title: The Year of the Intern (Signet)
ISBN: 0451165551
Author:
Robin Cook
Publicate Date: 1973-09-01
Publish: 1973-09-01
List Price: $7.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Loved this Robin Cook book. Even better if you are a nurse, doctor or other health professional
This book was written in the early 70's. What I loved most about this book is the truth to it. I am a registered nurse and work with a lot of interns. It is amazing that although this book was written a long time ago, nothing has changed. This book is not only entertaining, but it also will give you a very good idea of what it is REALLY like to be an intern. It did amaze me after reading this that after all this time, again, nothing has changed. I could almost say that this book does not belong in the fiction category. Robin Cook fans will enjoy this one and medical professionals will appreciate this one as well! Happy Reading!! :)
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2: Scares the health service consumer, not a Robin Cook thriller
I thought that this book would be a medical thriller, as so many of Robin Cook's book are. Instead, I found a brief series of anedoctal medical cases, described by a barely fictional intern. The book has little to no plot. The series of patients problems described are brief and repeatedly focus on just how poorly trained, exhausted and frightened the intern in the book is, over and over. It IS frightening to know that though this book was written in 1972, little has change in the life of an intern. The intern is "turned out" to function on his own and when he consults the full fledged physicans, they cannot be bothered with his quantries. THIS is the FRIGHT that Robin Cook has placed in a supposed medical thriller. Save your money to read his more recent, truly medical thrillers, if that is the genre you are looking for. This book will just leave you with a fear of your next trip to the ER or for surgery. Certainly, there HAS to be genuinely educationed, experienced, and compassionate physicans out there, but from reading this book, you won't be assured that this is the best medical care that you will find for your medical conditions.
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3: Very Satisfied!
This book was completely new and arrived in just a few days, right in time for my trip overseas. I ordered it on a whim, but it turned out to be a very good investment because I love the book!
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4: Don't judge a book by its main character
At first, the temptation is to read this book as an autobiography of Robin Cook. Don't give in to it, or you might be further tempted, as I was, to swear off reading anything else by the author. The experiences of the main character are fascinating, and that almost allows you to overlook his increasingly unavoidable character flaws. Mercifully, Dr. Peters isn't Dr. Cook. He's an avenue by which Cook diagnoses the symptoms of a disease doctors catch from internship. It is damning of the medical field that this book is so relevant in the 21st century.
In the end, the book is brave, subtle, and excellently crafted.
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5: Intriguing and disturbing. . .
The Year Of The Intern chronicles the year a young doctor spends as an intern. Along with lots of fascinating medical detail, the book takes a searingly honest look at the physical and psychological cost to the intern. These include: the near-indescribable exhaustion, the expectation of carrying out complicated and risky procedures the intern does not have the experience for, the life-or-death decisions to be made daily, dealing with anxious, angry and distraught relatives and, worst of all, the gradual ebbing of empathy eg Dr Peters starts thinking of each patient by their disease rather than their name.
What really disturbed me was the fact that this was written in 1972 and so little has really changed. This should be compulsory reading for anyone thinking of entering the medical or nursing professions. If it doesn't put you off, you've found your calling!
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