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Rating:  - Fine,Fine Doctor
She was my Dr..Soooo kind and always the patients advocate.I even have one of her ink pens,LOL! I begged and she caved in and gave it to me.
It stands to reason she would write a book about her impressions of Harborview and its broad cross section of doctors and patients.
Rating: - to think i knew emily way back when ...
ok, i admit it - i went to med school with Dr. Transue so I am biased - I like her personally. But while that may bias my opinion of the book, it also lets me assess the book from a first hand perspective. Her writing really "captures the moment". It is so accurate that I kept waiting for the part where she mentioned my name or had me walking through the door. Never happened, but regardless - the stories she told were very realistic, and the emotions she conveyed were the same types of feelings that most of us experienced as we went through our medical training. great job emily - waiting for the sequel!
signed - one of your gross anatomy partners
Rating: - Very well written, compassionate stories
Being a Registered Nurse myself and also being married to a physician, I'm very aware of all the hospital stories that occur during training. In fact, I dated many medical students when I was young and working at a teaching hospital. I also now live in Seattle. So this book was a "given" that I would read it.
I thoroughly enjoyed every story she told. She struggled with being "human" rather than tough and non-feeling as many doctors appeared to be. And that was an endearing part of her story. Doctors are human and have feelings. And Dr. Transue learned in her training that being tough isn't necessary and that it's ok to become involved in patient care and really "care".
I worked L&D most of my clinical career in San Diego. A real tough OB doctor worked with me for years----he could be very matter of fact and hard core with his patients. One day I realized that a patient of mine in the triage room was carrying a stillborn. He was the doc on call. I was concerned that he would be too tough and not soft enough for this patient. But when he pulled the curtains and cried as he told her the baby had died, I realized that he is a caring man and had compassion for his patients---just tried too hard not to show it. I gained a new respect for him and doctors.
This is an excellent book about the training for doctors. I highly recommend it for all those newly graduated from medical school. It just might help them with that "human factor".
Rating: - Engaging, human, and relevant...
This is the perfect book for someone like myself, who is embarking on the road to becoming a doctor. Dr. Transue explains her experiences and emotions clearly and evocatively. It is easy to relate to her. It is also comforting to know that, despite her Ivy League education, she also has the same uncertainties all students of medicine/pre-medicine have. I am also impressed by her honesty and humility to reveal this inner self of imperfections.
Sometimes she even teeters on the brink of childishness, yet even this is a unique quality that provides a refreshing peek into her personality past the formidable rigidity imposed by seeing only her academic degrees.
Dr. Transue has written something I believe everyone can learn from. Lessons of humility, caring, and endurance.
Rating:  - I've read better...
... pertraits of life in graduate medical education. This text certainly has its place as the experiences of a female doctor, but all told it was rather innocuous.
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