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| Title | : | The House of God (House of God #1) |
| Author | : | Samuel Shem |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | July 1st 2003 by Dell (first published 1978) |
| Categories | : | Health. Medicine. Fiction. Medical. Humor. Classics |
Samuel Shem
Paperback | Pages: 416 pages Rating: 3.94 | 15574 Users | 1099 Reviews
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The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to know.Six eager interns—they saw themselves as modern saviors-to-be. They came from the top of their medical school class to the bottom of the hospital staff to serve a year in the time-honored tradition, racing to answer the flash of on-duty call lights and nubile nurses.
But only the Fat Man—the Clam, all-knowing resident—could sustain them in their struggle to survive, to stay sane, to love and even to be doctors when their harrowing year was done.
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| Original Title: | The House of God |
| ISBN: | 0385337388 (ISBN13: 9780385337380) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | House of God #1 |
| Characters: | Roy Basch, Fat Man |
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Ratings: 3.94 From 15574 Users | 1099 ReviewsWrite Up Of Books The House of God (House of God #1)
I read this during the first weeks of residency and couldn't have picked a better time to do so. What an excellent depiction of all that medical training is but shouldn't be.Few thoughts: 1) Some of my Family Med colleagues thought House of God was abhorrent. I thought long and hard about this--and even about why it wasn't shocking to me. Here's the rub: it's satire y'all! All I can say is that if the anecdotes make you so uncomfortable, commit yourself to improving health care and medicalI don't usually review books I rate at 3 stars or lower, but this is an exception: I detest this book so much that I feel compelled to write something about it.Make no mistake: I am a resident physician (and read this book during my internship year), so none of the horrible things that happen in the book faze me. I am also the last person to dislike a book because it is not "feel-good", or because it offers more questions than solutions (those are often the best books). However, I take issue
Samuel Shem is the pen name for the author of this book. After reading a few lines of the lascivious tales within, it becomes obvious why a pseudonym was used. "The House of God details the journey of Roy Bausch and 5 interns at one of the most prestigious teaching hospitals in the world. Contents are plenary, raw and tragic. ...Get the job done, and since we're all in the ninety-ninth percentile of interns, at one of the best internships in the world, what you do turns out to be a terrific
Spoiler alert (esp. 3rd paragraph) Also, this book has some very *explicit* parts.This novel follows an intern, Roy G. Basch, for his internship year at a prestigious hospital nicknamed the House of God. Roy must deal with sickness of the elderly, the death of the young, the competition of his peers, the lack of an outside life, and the tension with his superiors. Roy discovers providing medical care is nothing like what he was taught in medical school. Each of these stresses makes Roy withdraw
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Borrowed this book from the library. I'm thinking of buying my own copy. I would carry it around with me all the time and hand it to everyone who asks why I'm not studying to be a "real" doctor.The sad thing is that this dehumanization (of self as well as others) does happen to far too many people, and not just in the medical profession. And most don't have the luck to have it pointed out to them forcibly enough not just that it's happening, but that it's a bad thing. When people are forced into
4.5 stars.I'm really happy that I held onto this one to read as I prepared for my residency interviews. I found myself smiling often while I read it, either agreeing with the humour or grimacing from the honesty. Some parts of this I find exaggerated but the bulk of the trials of internship I actually do find believable. I can see why people out of the medical field often do not enjoy this book, but I definitely found much to relate to throughout. Medicine is not as neat and tidy as the public
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