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Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs: The Making of a Surgeon

Autor Michael J. Collins
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2010

It looked for a while as if Michael Collins would spend his life breaking concrete and throwing rocks for the Vittorio Scalese Construction Company. He liked the work and he liked the pay. But a chance remark by one of his coworkers made him realize that he wanted to involve himself in something bigger, something more meaningful than crushing rocks and drinking beer.

In his acclaimed first memoir, "Hot Lights, Cold Steel"," " Collins wrote passionately about his four-year surgical residency at the prestigious Mayo Clinic. "Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs "turns back the clock, taking readers from his days as a construction worker to his entry into medical school, expertly infusing his journey to become a doctor with humanity, compassion, and humor. From the first time he delivers a baby to being surrounded by death and pain on a daily basis, Collins compellingly writes about how medicine makes him confront, in a very deep and personal way, the nature of God and suffering and how delicate life can be."

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780312610913
ISBN-10: 0312610912
Pagini: 291
Dimensiuni: 142 x 210 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: GRIFFIN
Locul publicării:New York

Recenzii

"Collins's gritty memoir traces his journey from a grimy construction pit to the hallowed halls of medicine. An engaging read--and a valuable reminder that doctors come from all walks of life." --Sandeep Jauhar, author of "Intern: A Doctor's Initiation"
"Collins has a poet's soul, whether describing the sunrise through a laborer's eyes or what it means to be human through a physician's. . . . Literary talent produces this fast-paced memoir filled with easy, unforced dialogue and authentic characters from all walks of life." --"Booklist"
"Collins has a superb ear for dialogue, and his breezy style makes his world spring to life." --"Kirkus Reviews"
"This is a perceptive, no-frills memoir of a surgeon who succeeded by dint of hard work and brains." --"Publishers Weekly"
""Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs" is a gripping, humane, humorous, and an enlightening read." --Abraham Verghese, author of "My Own Country, ""The Tennis Partner, " and "Cutting for Stone"

"Collins's gritty memoir traces his journey from a grimy construction pit to the hallowed halls of medicine. An engaging read--and a valuable reminder that doctors come from all walks of life." --Sandeep Jauhar, author of "Intern: A Doctor's Initiation"
"Collins has a poet's soul, whether describing the sunrise through a laborer's eyes or what it means to be human through a physician's. . . . Literary talent produces this fast-paced memoir filled with easy, unforced dialogue and authentic characters from all walks of life." --"Booklist"
"Collins has a superb ear for dialogue, and his breezy style makes his world spring to life." --"Kirkus Reviews"
"This is a perceptive, no-frills memoir of a surgeon who succeeded by dint of hard work and brains." --"Publishers Weekly"
""Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs" is a gripping, humane, humorous, and an enlightening read." --Abraham Verghese, author of "My Own Country, ""The Tennis Partner, " and "Cutting for Stone"

Descriere

It looked for a while as if Michael Collins would spend his life breaking concrete and throwing rocks for the Vittorio Scalese Construction Company. He liked the work and he liked the pay. But a chance remark by one of his coworkers made him realize that he wanted to involve himself in something bigger, something more meaningful than crushing rocks and drinking beer.
In his acclaimed first memoir, "Hot Lights, Cold Steel"," " Collins wrote passionately about his four-year surgical residency at the prestigious Mayo Clinic. "Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs "turns back the clock, taking readers from his days as a construction worker to his entry into medical school, expertly infusing his journey to become a doctor with humanity, compassion, and humor. From the first time he delivers a baby to being surrounded by death and pain on a daily basis, Collins compellingly writes about how medicine makes him confront, in a very deep and personal way, the nature of God and suffering--and how delicate life can be.


Notă biografică

Michael J. Collins is Teaching Professor of English and Dean Emeritus at Georgetown University. He is editor of 'Reading What's There: Essays on Shakespeare in Honor of Stephen Booth' (2014); 'Shakespeare's Sweet Thunder: Essays on the Early Comedies' (1997); and, with Francis J Ambrosio, 'Text and Teaching: The Search for Human Excellence' (1991). He has published essays on teaching Shakespeare and Shakespeare in performance in 'Shakespeare Quarterly', 'Shakespeare Yearbook', and 'Critical Survey' among other publications. He regularly reviews productions of Shakespeare for 'Shakespeare Bulletin'. He has been a member of the faculty on courses for secondary school teachers at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington and Shakespeare's Globe in London.