Books : Something for the Pain: One Doctor's Account of Life and Death in the ER
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by: Paul Austin
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.025092
EAN: 9780393065602
ISBN: 039306560X
Label: W. W. Norton
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: September 08, 2008
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Sales Rank: 16514
Studio: W. W. Norton
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In this riveting memoir, an ER doctor reveals how his high-stress career of helping others led to a struggle to save himself.
'It turns out there are all kinds of things about working in an ER that most of us haven't learned from TV or having sat in one. In Something for the Pain, Paul Austin—the ER doc you'd hope to get if something really bad happened—tells us, vividly and with uncommon candor, how, if you aren't careful, saving people's lives can make you sick.'—Ted Conover, author of Newjack
In this eye-opening account of life in the ER, Paul Austin recalls how the daily grind of long, erratic shifts and endless hordes of patients with sad stories sent him down a path of bitterness and cynicism. His own life becomes Exhibit A, as he details the emotional detachment that estranges him from himself and his family. Gritty, powerful, and ultimately redemptive, Austin's memoir is a revealing glimpse into the fragility of compassion and sanity in the industrial setting of today's hospitals.
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Rating:  - Author of The Blue Cotton Gown confirms the truth of Paul Austin's book
Paul Austin's book Something for the Pain is compelling from the first chapter. What makes it riveting is the truth of his observations about the medical life and his willingness to reveal his inner struggle.
As a Nurse-Midwife, and author of The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir, [[ASI N:0807072893 The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir]] I know that self-revelation is risky. You must ask yourself, how will I feel if my patients read this.
As the spouse of an ... Read More
Rating: - Dr. Paul Austin will take you in the ER and reflect on his personal life
What a great story about Dr.Paul Austin and his life inside and outside of the ER. The story was very personal and moving. This story gave me a look inside of what goes on in the ER and how it feels to the patient, and the doctor treating you. This is a book to read for inspiration and the true reality of life inside & outside of the ER.
Buy it as a gift for someone! It will change their way of thinking.
Rating: - Honest and empathetic
In his new memoir, Something for the Pain: One Doctor's Account of Life and Death in the ER, Paul Austin takes a clear-eyed look at the profession he has chosen---that of a doctor in a metropolitan Emergency Room, who frequently works what other (less superstitious) professionals might term "the Graveyard Shift."
Within the covers of this thoughtful and moving debut, Austin graciously allows us an insider's look at the struggles and rewards of his job, as well as the toll it can take on ... Read More
Rating: - Something Special
Something for the Pain is a searing account of life as an emergency physician. It's the kind of book that makes you laugh and cry out loud. It's the kind of book that is tough to put down. In prose as clean as a scalpel's shave, and as fast-moving as the pace of the emergency ward itself, Austin re-creates the atmosphere of blood and guts and heart-stopping pain, of wry humour and supercharged adrenaline that fuels a busy hospital. At the same time, he describes the ripple effects that emergency work ... Read More
Rating: - Best insider view of the ER!!
This book account from an E.R. physician places the reader on the front row of what happens and the thoughts and emotions that these heroes have during the drama and in between.Best,beleivable book I've read in quite awhile.A must read for non-fiction lovers!Hope the author writes more.
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