HemGrupperDiskuteraMerTidsandan
Sök igenom hela webbplatsen
Denna webbplats använder kakor för att fungera optimalt, analysera användarbeteende och för att visa reklam (om du inte är inloggad). Genom att använda LibraryThing intygar du att du har läst och förstått våra Regler och integritetspolicy. All användning av denna webbplats lyder under dessa regler.

Resultat från Google Book Search

Klicka på en bild för att gå till Google Book Search.

Laddar...

The Blood of Strangers: Stories from Emergency Medicine (1999)

av Frank Huyler

MedlemmarRecensionerPopularitetGenomsnittligt betygOmnämnanden
15710172,767 (3.61)2
Reminiscent of Chekhov's stories, The Blood of Strangers is a visceral portrayal of a physician's encounters with the highly charged world of an emergency room. In this collection of spare and elegant stories, Dr. Frank Huyler reveals a side of medicine where small moments-the intricacy of suturing a facial wound, the bath a patient receives from her husband and daughter-interweave with the lives and deaths of the desperately sick and injured. The author presents an array of fascinating characters, both patients and doctors-a neurosurgeon who practices witchcraft, a trauma surgeon who unexpectedly commits suicide, a wounded murderer, a man chased across the New Mexico desert by a heat-seeking missile. At times surreal, at times lyrical, at times brutal and terrifying, The Blood of Strangers is a literary work that emerges from one of the most dramatic specialties of modern medicine. This deeply affecting first book has been described by one early reader as "the best doctor collection I have seen since William Carlos Williams's The Doctor Stories."… (mer)
  1. 00
    Tornado of Life: A Doctor's Journey through Constraints and Creativity in the ER av Jay Baruch (fountainoverflows)
    fountainoverflows: True stories and reflections from an ER physician. Literary nonfiction. Highly recommended.
Ingen/inga
Laddar...

Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken.

Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken.

» Se även 2 omnämnanden

Visa 1-5 av 10 (nästa | visa alla)
“I have been one acquainted with the night.”
—Robert Frost


Spare, nuanced, and often dark, Huyler’s first volume of literary stories based on his experience as a medical trainee and young ER doctor focuses on patients, hospital staff, and his own responses to both. Some of these pieces aren’t for the faint of heart, and I’m talking not only about some very gruesome medical details How about a young man on on a ventilator in whose mouth maggots breed and writhe? Or the procedures involved in growing back the skin of a burn patient? but also about psychological disturbances, including those in Huyler’s colleagues. For example, a crisp, steely neurosurgery attending is addicted to an array of drugs (she even shoots up before performing procedures); she’s intrigued by the occult (particularly voodoo) and is a cruel domestic abuser. Luckily, someone informs on her. This is a stunning collection characterized by sharp, brilliant, always economical prose. Some of the stories are fragmented and cryptic to the degree that I wasn’t clear what Huyler was trying to achieve. They weren’t my favourites. Most are brief and propulsive. During pandemic times, many want to cast doctors and nurses as one-dimensional heroes. Huyler’s collection is a corrective to that. I’m not sure everyone wants to have their illusions so corrected. ( )
  fountainoverflows | Jan 15, 2021 |
This was a good book written by an emergency room doctor. Short stories and anecdotes that I really enjoyed. It tells all, about the liaisons among staff members, the stress of doctors and the stories both good and bad about patients. Good, quick read. ( )
  LilQuebe | May 11, 2020 |
This is a fascinating look at the stories of emergency medicine as experienced by a young resident in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Most stories are heartwarming, others quite gross. But, overall this is a four star rating book told with authenticity and depth of feeling.

This is a well-written, in-depth book. ( )
  Whisper1 | Oct 19, 2019 |
Better than ER and Casualty.
  mdstarr | Sep 11, 2011 |
Reading about how Dr. Huyler saved the murderer even though he knew he was a murderer is what drew me into this book. These stories make you sad, some are funny, and some are gross. The story with the maggots was the thing I will remember most, oh the horrors of medicine! Huyler writes like a painter, very lyrical and artistic. Read it in a few hours. This will appeal to those interested in medicine, gore, and drama. A good read! ( )
  TFS93 | Nov 24, 2010 |
Visa 1-5 av 10 (nästa | visa alla)
inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Du måste logga in för att ändra Allmänna fakta.
Mer hjälp finns på hjälpsidan för Allmänna fakta.
Vedertagen titel
Originaltitel
Alternativa titlar
Första utgivningsdatum
Personer/gestalter
Viktiga platser
Viktiga händelser
Relaterade filmer
Motto
Dedikation
Information från den engelska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk.
For my father and mother, Frank and Marina Huyler
Inledande ord
Citat
Avslutande ord
Information från den engelska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk.
Särskiljningsnotis
Förlagets redaktörer
På omslaget citeras
Information från den engelska sidan med allmänna fakta. Redigera om du vill anpassa till ditt språk.
Ursprungsspråk
Kanonisk DDC/MDS
Kanonisk LCC

Hänvisningar till detta verk hos externa resurser.

Wikipedia på engelska

Ingen/inga

Reminiscent of Chekhov's stories, The Blood of Strangers is a visceral portrayal of a physician's encounters with the highly charged world of an emergency room. In this collection of spare and elegant stories, Dr. Frank Huyler reveals a side of medicine where small moments-the intricacy of suturing a facial wound, the bath a patient receives from her husband and daughter-interweave with the lives and deaths of the desperately sick and injured. The author presents an array of fascinating characters, both patients and doctors-a neurosurgeon who practices witchcraft, a trauma surgeon who unexpectedly commits suicide, a wounded murderer, a man chased across the New Mexico desert by a heat-seeking missile. At times surreal, at times lyrical, at times brutal and terrifying, The Blood of Strangers is a literary work that emerges from one of the most dramatic specialties of modern medicine. This deeply affecting first book has been described by one early reader as "the best doctor collection I have seen since William Carlos Williams's The Doctor Stories."

Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas.

Bokbeskrivning
Haiku-sammanfattning

Pågående diskussioner

Ingen/inga

Populära omslag

Snabblänkar

Betyg

Medelbetyg: (3.61)
0.5
1 1
1.5
2 3
2.5
3 7
3.5 3
4 11
4.5 1
5 5

Är det här du?

Bli LibraryThing-författare.

 

Om | Kontakt | LibraryThing.com | Sekretess/Villkor | Hjälp/Vanliga frågor | Blogg | Butik | APIs | TinyCat | Efterlämnade bibliotek | Förhandsrecensenter | Allmänna fakta | 203,234,167 böcker! | Topplisten: Alltid synlig