A Not Entirely Benign Procedure - Hardcover

Klass, Perri

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399132236 ISBN 13: 9780399132230

Publisher: Putnam Adult, 1987

Synopsis

Chronicles the author's experiences as a student at Harvard Medical School, from the jitters of her first duty in a hospital to the pride of graduation day

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As a Harvard medical student in 1982, Klass became a contributor to the New York Times "Hers" column; this is a collection of the author's diary-like essays describing her medical training, her life as a lover, a woman and a mother. The accounts are informed by the artistry Klass displays in her fiction, Recombinations and I Am Having an Adventure. Writing personally and candidly, she brings the reader into her orbit, into the experiences of a thoughtful person, in situations that are comic, difficult, puzzling and often tragic. There are moving instances of a doctor's mandated objectivity while involved with the dying and with the bereaved. In lighter moments, Klass twits pompous members of the healing profession and offers insights on the status of women doctors; they are frequently mistaken for nursesmen never are.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

You may remember this author's name if you are a reader of the New York Times weekly "Hers" column, where Klass's series of articles on being a mother going through medical school appeared. Here Klass, who also wrote the novel Recombinations , collects and expands upon those columns. This is a chronicle of the medical school experience and of the life and attitude changes that take place both subtly and dramatically. General readers and medical students alike will find this book worth reading. Literary Guild alternate. Linda Morgan Davis, OCLC, Dublin, Ohio
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399132236
• ISBN 13: 9780399132230
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256