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Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality

Pauline W. Chen

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Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality

by Pauline W. Chen
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Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality
Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality

Surgeon confronts mortality, balancing empathy with medicine.

"Final Exam" isn't just another medical memoir; it's a profound exploration of life's finality from a compassionate surgeon's perspective. As someone interested in the emotional journey of medical professionals and the paradoxes they navigate, this book offers an insightful and humane look at how the inevitability of death challenges and informs doctors. Pauline W. Chen's reflections are bound to resonate deeply with anyone who appreciates a thoughtful examination of mortality through the lens of medical practice.

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by Pauline W. Chen
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ISBN: 9780307275370
Author: Pauline W. Chen
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date of Publication: 2008-01-08
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Science, Sociology
Related Topics: Medicine, Health, Medical, Biography Memoir, Biography, Memoir
Goodreads rating: 3.88
(rated by 3345 readers)

Description

A brilliant transplant surgeon brings compassion and narrative drama to the fearful reality that every doctor must face: the inevitability of mortality. “Uncommonly moving ... A revealing and heartfelt book." —Atul Gawande, #1 New York bestselling author of Being Mortal. When Pauline Chen began medical school, she dreamed of saving lives. What she could not predict was how much death would be a part of her work. Almost immediately, she found herself wrestling with medicine’s most profound paradox—that a profession premised on caring for the ill also systematically depersonalizes dying. Final Exam follows Chen over the course of her education and practice as she struggles to reconcile the lessons of her training with her innate sense of empathy and humanity. A superb addition to the best medical literature of our time.
 

Surgeon confronts mortality, balancing empathy with medicine.

"Final Exam" isn't just another medical memoir; it's a profound exploration of life's finality from a compassionate surgeon's perspective. As someone interested in the emotional journey of medical professionals and the paradoxes they navigate, this book offers an insightful and humane look at how the inevitability of death challenges and informs doctors. Pauline W. Chen's reflections are bound to resonate deeply with anyone who appreciates a thoughtful examination of mortality through the lens of medical practice.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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