Intern

By Doctor X.

Book Overview

The week-by-week diary of a young doctor during his year of hospital internship. Frank, sometimes shocking, and completely honest, it is the first inside account of modern medical and hospital... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000OP2GYO
• Release Date: January 1963
• Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great book, a real page-turner for me

I found this book on a bookshelf in the house I inherited from my grandparents, and couldn't imagine I would get so into the story. I was simply fascinated all the way through and couldn't stop turning the pages to find out what happened to this patient or that one. I never thought reading about a particular field could be so interesting, however I do love medical shows and books like ER, etc. so maybe thats why. I wish there were more books similar to this one, I really hated for it to end!

Fantastic

An interesting juxapostion. I have never before read things that absolutely shocked me, in regards to the medical community. Sticking together, mistakes that are made, etc . . . And I have never read such things; coming away with complete **empathy** towards the medical community - for the impossible task they have undertaken in assisting others. A fantastic read. Before anyone becomes overly critical of the medical community, I would suggest reading this book.

One of my all-time favorites!

I first stumbled upon this book over 20 years ago at the library, and upon finding it used some years later, snapped it up. I've nearly memorized it and I never fail to find something I missed last time I read it. Until I learned the actual identity of the doctor (Dr. Alan Nourse, renowned juvenile sci-fi writer and longtime health columnist for Good Housekeeping), I wondered if he ever wrote anything else and was thrilled to learn he had. Upon doing so, I raided the magazine archives at my local library and yes, this book was a huge best-seller (although long out of print, it isn't hard to find) and got a lot of press when it was released. Dr. Nourse died way too soon, in 1992 at age 64.

Intern

Great book, tells it as it was. I knew the author; wasour family physician for several years.

Awesome book detailing the days in the life of an Intern.

This book is excellent even though it is slightly outdated. The struggle with medical internship is not much different now than it was then. If you want to KNOW how it feels read this book!