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On Call: A Doctor's Days and Nights in Residency by Emily R. Transue M.D. Compassion meets chaos in this real Grey's Anatomy Not to denigrate Dr.Transue and certainly not to appear sexist, but I wish this book had been written by someone far more cynical (like a man)... my hope was to be overwhelmed with the extreme pressure, frustration and exhaustion that these young doctors go through upon their initial entry into the ...read more...

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Cutting Remarks: Insights and Recollections of a Surgeon by Sidney Schwab Just okay I can't understand why this book got so many top reviews. Not that it is bad, but there are many better books in the how-I-became-a-doctor genre. Michael Collin's Hot Lights, Cold Steel, or Frank Vertosick's When the Air Hits Your Brain are tops in this area. Also, either Atul Gawande's books, Be...read more...