- Biography, Interns (Medicine), Physicians, Fiction, general
"Dr. Peters, the patient has stopped breathing!" The nurse's voice on the phone is desperate, but young Dr. Peters, in his first weeks of internship, is bone-tired and a little afraid. He's forgotten when he last slept. Yet he knows that in the coming hours he will have to make life or death decisions, assist contemptuous surgeons, deal with nurses who may know more than he does, and pretend at all times to be what he has not yet become - a fully qualified doctor.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Robin Cook
- First published
- 1972
- Pages
- 246
- Publisher
- New American Library, Signet, Chivers
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780862206086
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“I was already out stone-cold when the telephone rang again, half an hour later.”
Dr. Robin Cook (born in New York City, New York) is an American physician and novelist who writes about medicine and topics affecting public health. He is best known for combining medical writing with the thriller genre. Several of his books have been bestsellers on the "New York Times" Bestseller List. Several of his books have also been featured in Reader's Digest.
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