HOT LIGHTS, COLD STEEL: LIFE, DEATH AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS IN A SURGEON’S FIRST YEARS
Book ID/图书代码： 06830006B03441
English Summary/英文概要： This story of Collins’ four-year surgical residency traces his rise from an eager but clueless first-year resident to accomplished chief resident in his final year. With unparalleled humor, he recounts the disparity between people’s perceptions of a doctor’s glamorous life and the real thing.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《梅奥住院医生成长手记》是柯林斯在梅奥医疗研究中心担任外科住院医生的成长记录。他用幽默无比的笔调，生动刻画出了自己由被嘲笑不懂专业术语的菜鸟到住院总医生这四年忙碌且混乱的真实生活。将近1500个由生命、死亡和无眠夜晚交织而成的日子，构筑成这段从生涩到成熟的医生成长之旅。(DB)
Awards/获奖情况：Collins begins this personal chronicle with an account of a choice he had to make between amputating a 14-year-old boy’s leg and saving the limb at a greater risk to the boy’s life. (He amputated the leg.) This dilemma came at the conclusion of Collins’s grueling four years of residency at the Mayo Clinic, culminating in his appointment as chief resident in orthopedic surgery. Now in practice in Illinois, he details, with admirable humor and insight, the early, virtually sleepless years when he learned not only to perfect his craft but to come to terms with the emotional impact of causing pain and losing patients. Collins brings to life the dramatic moments when he made his first, terrifying incision and hand-drilled a traction pin into a weeping six-year–old’s leg. Collins and his wife, Patti, wanted a large family, but the economic strain of having three children in three years (they eventually had 12) forced him to moonlight every other weekend at rural hospitals. There are moving passages about his love for Patti and the bonds he developed with other residents, and empathetic evocations of those he treats. Collins describes powerfully how he came to understand that his calling was not just to develop as a skilled surgical technician, but to treat his patients humanely as individuals.
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About the Author/作者介绍： 迈克尔•柯林斯大学毕业后开过出租车，做过建筑工人，一次偶然的经历让他有了成为医生的梦想。在芝加哥洛约拉大学医学院毕业后，到梅奥医疗研究中心实习，直至担任梅奥的骨外科住院总医生。后来回到家乡芝加哥开办了自己的医院，与妻子帕蒂和12个子女一起生活在那里，业余时光用来写作，还会参与The Narrowbacks乐队的表演。
Michael Collins served as Chief Resident in Orthopedic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic. Currently he is an active partner in a busy surgical practice in Chicago where he lives with his wife Patti and their twelve children. This is his first book.
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