Something for the Pain: One Doctor's Account of Life and Death in the ER
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Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
Written By: Paul Austin
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.025092
EAN: 9780393065602
ISBN: 039306560X
Label: W. W. Norton
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2008-09-08
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Studio: W. W. Norton
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Editorial Reviews for Something for the Pain: One Doctor's Account of Life and Death in the ER
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In this riveting memoir, an ER doctor reveals how his high-stress career of helping others led to a struggle to save himself.
"It turns out there are all kinds of things about working in an ER that most of us haven't learned from TV or having sat in one. In Something for the Pain, Paul Austin—the ER doc you'd hope to get if something really bad happened—tells us, vividly and with uncommon candor, how, if you aren't careful, saving people's lives can make you sick."—Ted Conover, author of Newjack
In this eye-opening account of life in the ER, Paul Austin recalls how the daily grind of long, erratic shifts and endless hordes of patients with sad stories sent him down a path of bitterness and cynicism. His own life becomes Exhibit A, as he details the emotional detachment that estranges him from himself and his family. Gritty, powerful, and ultimately redemptive, Austin's memoir is a revealing glimpse into the fragility of compassion and sanity in the industrial setting of today's hospitals.
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Summary: Interesting and very well-written
Comment: The author is such a gifted writer, it's hard to believe he's actually a seasoned ER doctor too.
This is a man who tries to bring humanity to an environment which is chronically understaffed and where patients and their families can, at times, be unappreciative or even hostile. There's not a single sentence that doesn't ring true, nor a hint of self-importance or arrogance.
Another takeaway, at least for this reader: the author never suggests he's underpaid - even though he obviously is.
Buy this book to de-mystify the ER. It's likely that one day you'll be there yourself, or waiting for someone else.
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Summary: Real life
Comment: This should be required reading for all medical students! It provides a wonderful glimpse into the real life world of the doctor in training.
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Summary: Author of The Blue Cotton Gown confirms the truth of Paul Austin's book
Comment: Paul Austin's book Something for the Pain is compelling from the first chapter. What makes it riveting is the truth of his observations about the medical life and his willingness to reveal his inner struggle.
As a Nurse-Midwife, and author of The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir, [[ASI N:0807072893 The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir]] I know that self-revelation is risky. You must ask yourself, how will I feel if my patients read this.
As the spouse of an OB/Gyn, I know that physicians are trained to exhibit confidence. For a doc to share his inner life, his sadness, emotional isolation and doubt, is a gift.
Every physician and nurse should read this book. Every health care provider in training should read this book. Everyone who has ever gone to a doctor or will go to a doctor should read this book, and that includes all of us.
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Summary: Dr. Paul Austin will take you in the ER and reflect on his personal life
Comment: What a great story about Dr.Paul Austin and his life inside and outside of the ER. The story was very personal and moving. This story gave me a look inside of what goes on in the ER and how it feels to the patient, and the doctor treating you. This is a book to read for inspiration and the true reality of life inside & outside of the ER.
Buy it as a gift for someone! It will change their way of thinking.
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Summary: Honest and empathetic
Comment: In his new memoir, Something for the Pain: One Doctor's Account of Life and Death in the ER, Paul Austin takes a clear-eyed look at the profession he has chosen---that of a doctor in a metropolitan Emergency Room, who frequently works what other (less superstitious) professionals might term "the Graveyard Shift."
Within the covers of this thoughtful and moving debut, Austin graciously allows us an insider's look at the struggles and rewards of his job, as well as the toll it can take on a growing family, especially when the detrimental effects of persistent sleep-deprivation fray nerves and breed frustration. (When the author finds an innovative way around these struggles, we silently cheer for his ingenuity and for the sake of his patient, empathetic wife, herself a former nurse.)
Unlike many of our nation's first responders (and ER doctors are definitely first responders), Austin and his ilk often don't get the respect that a fireman (which Austin has also been) or a paramedic might, and they certainly don't receive the full measure of respect they're due. (Have you ever tried staying up all night, on constant alert, dealing with bleeding, vomiting, angry people---many of them drunk and violent---or patients with chest pains and grisly car crash wounds that need immediate attention and split-second medical decisions? All this, while frequent understaffing creates delays that in turn create patients so angry that once they are finally seen it can complicate the process of diagnosis? ...I thought not.)
With equal measures of honesty and empathy, Paul Austin has created a timeless memoir that deserves a wide readership. As Richard Selzer's "Letters to a Young Doctor" helped to open the public's eyes to the general practitioner, so can "Something for the Pain" give us important insights into the working conditions for an ER physician. I do know that without a doubt, the next time I visit an ER, no matter my circumstances, I plan to extend a measure of empathy to the doctor on duty and not just expect it. And I plan to be thoroughly grateful--and definitely sober.
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