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Final Exam
Final Exam
Author: Pauline W. Chen
Pauline Chen found herself dealing with medicine's most profound paradox, that a profession premised on caring for the ill also systematically depersonalizes dying. Final Exam follows her education, training and practice as she grapples at strikingly close range with the problem of mortality and struggles to reconcile the lessons of her trainin...  more »
ISBN: 54265
Pages: 267
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Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Chen reveals the ambivalence of the surgeon-harvesting organs from young, healthy people only to watch patients often die despite her best efforts. Even after years of intensive medical training, many doctors still cannot resolve their attitude about death and dying with the reality of death: often
a long and painful process. A fascinating read for those in the medical field as well as the layman and a glimpse into the pressure-filled world of modern surgery.


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