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Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. The House of God: The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital Editorial Review: Now a classic! The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to know. Six eager interns -- they saw themselves as modern saviors-to-be. They came from the top of their medical school class to the bottom of the hospital staff to serve a year in the time-honored tradition, racing to answer the flash of on-duty call lights and nubile nurses. But only the Fat Man --the Clam, all-knowing resident -- could sustain them in their struggle to survive, to stay sane, to love-and even to be doctors when their harrowing year was done.
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Customer Reviews: Interesting and troubling I work as a database guy at a med school. One of the doctors recommended this to give me "further background". Apparently it's recommended reading for all aspiring MD's. Another of the docs I work with came from the environment mentioned in the book - with some obfuscation.
Originally written some years ago and recently updated it's a reminder that doctors are only human.
great book I was told to read this by the Dean of Medicine at Stanford. The book is funny and a great ice breaker when you talk to doctors, since most have read it.
Boring This book was hard to make it through...kept thinking it would get better. Really? Nurses and doctors sleeping together? How cliche
Old and Creaky, but Still Alive This 1970's novel about Roy Basch, intern, is well known in the medical field. I read it for the first time during my own training in the early 80's. Most of us did. I'm on my fourth copy, because it keeps falling apart. Despite reading this book, my eldest is now in medical school, looking forward to his own internship.
It's a slightly (!) over the top journey through what was then a very tough medical apprenticeship. The rules limited all night call to four nights a week, and no more than alternate weekends, but the rules were often ignored. Refusal to work got you kicked out and futureless. We took refuge in black humour, cruel jokes, alcohol, and sex. We, too, slept with and often married nurses, or sociable cervixes. We called for bowel runs, 'roids, and fought for the best patients. One or two of us found it too tough and shuffled off this mortal coil. The rest of us grew a skin. In short, (almost) everything found in this book was true for us. This remains an extremely funny, cruel and slightly surrealistic look at medical training which has a lot of lessons for students now. It's also a great read. It should be #1 on any wouldbe medical student's must read list.
What your Dr doesn't want you to know! Hialrious black comedy with more than many grains of truth...essential reading for all doctors and medical students
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