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"The author witnesses one of his best friends suffer a nervous breakdown that results in the hospitalization and psychiatric treatment of the friend in question. After signing himself out of the hospital on his own accord, 4 hours later the psychiatric patient is back to work in full swing. The patient's occupation? A doctor!
This event led author Michael Medved on a search to find out exactly 'who' medical professionals really are, and what their actual lives consist of both on the job and at home. Michael was able to persuade the staff of an actual San Francisco Medical Centre to open their lives and stories to him in a biographical look at over 30 medical professionals. Doctors, nurses, clerks, psychiatrists and other medical staff take a hard look at themselves and their co-workers in a tell tale book that allows readers a rare glimpse into the real world of medicine.
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drury5@rogers.com, Resident Scholar
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Plot
job/profession:
- doctor/nurse
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Profession/status:
- doctor
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 10 ()
United States
Yes
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- eccentric personalities
- sarcastic/sardonic
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
- actual description of hetero sex
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- decency
- selfishness
- dying
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Writer's slant towards subject:
- neutral
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more dialog than descript
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Yes
Lot of titilating info about love life?
Yes
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 26-50% of book
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