Something for the pain : one doctor's account of life and death in the ER / Paul Austin.
By: Austin, Paul.
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., c2008Edition: 1st ed.Description: 297 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780393065602 (hardcover).Subject(s): Austin, Paul, 1955- | Austin, Paul, 1955- | Emergency physicians -- United States -- Biography | Emergency Medicine -- Personal Narratives | Emergency Treatment -- psychology -- Personal Narratives | Physician-Patient Relations -- Personal Narratives | Physicians -- Personal NarrativesGenre/Form: Print books.Online resources: Table of contents only| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | R154.A92 A3 2008 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000002438 |
Introduction: Tool bag -- Night shift -- Still hurting -- The caring curve -- Something so personal -- Declaring a patient -- Ventilator -- Among savages -- Face-to-face -- Mrs. Kelly -- Splinters -- Tucker put his gun to his head -- Longing for sleep -- Seeking rehab -- Somebody's baby -- Sleeping at my mother-in-law's -- Sleeping quarters -- Gunshot wound to the chest -- Why don't you do something? -- Something for the pain -- The devil is a beautiful man -- Rotating shifts.
In this riveting memoir, an ER doctor reveals how his high-stress career of helping others led to a struggle to save himself.