Fourteen Stories: Doctors, Patients, and Other Strangers

by Jay Baruch

Book Overview

An emergency physician and faculty member at Brown Medical School, Jay Baruch has long been fascinated by how illness can make people strangers to their own bodies, how we all struggle to maintain... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873388941
• ISBN13: 9780873388948
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

a pleasure to read

Dr Baruch has done an amazing job getting to the heart of the stories each and every time. The characters leap off the page. I rarely get up early to read, but this book had me up at the crack of dawn, confusing my cats, but I was too anxious to see what happened next. I await the next book with great excitement.

Emergency Medicine

As a former clinical social worker in a busy urban emergency center, I absolutely loved this book. Dr. Baruch humanizes the patients. Often patients are just "another case". Emergency medicine professionals see a microcosm of life in a daily shift in the ER; the best and the worst. This book presents the context of life in a busy ER with compassion and humor. This book could be used in place of a Journal Club in resident physician education or in curriculum for Literature in Medicine. I applaud Dr. Baruch. Please write another book soon.

An Honest Portrayal of Medicine as it is Practiced Today

I'm an ER doctor, and when I was reading this book, I felt like I was at work. Even so, I couldn't put it down. The pace is brisk, but the book is never superficial. A must read for anyone who is interested in the way illness affects our lives, and anyone considering a career in medicine or in nursing.

Great book by a great writer

What a fantastic book. i hope to see more from this incredible author. He brings to life the colorful charectors of the ER -- from pschyo neighbors to the frat boys swallowing gold fish.

Excellent collection of short stories

Thought provoking for both the doctor and non-doctor... wonderfully written. Frequently leaves you wanting more.