Mere Mortals Author:Neil Ravin At Whipple, doctors and nurses battle to keep patients from checking into the ECU (Eternal Care Unit). Sometimes they battle each other. Sometimes they even fall in love. — Dr. Brendan O'Brien and nurse Caroline Bates met the night old Mr. Toomey tried flying from his ninth-story window, the night intern Ludvik nearly killed a patient, a... more »nd Vince, the young guy with testicular cancer, found out his buddy on the ward had died... a typical night, except that nurse Bates and Dr. O'Brien began to fall in love. Committed to the kind of medicine that calls for high-tech solutions and a dedication few men and women have or can keep giving, they were two special people in a special place. Their story will make you laugh, make you cry... and maybe break your heart.« less
"Mere Mortals is a touching and tender love story that strips the mask from modern medicine to show its all-too-human face.I wish all doctors cared about their patients as much as the doctor-turned-author made me care about his charactors."