Baby Doctor

Klass, Perri, MD

ISBN 10: 0679409572 / ISBN 13: 9780679409571

Published by Random House (NY), New York, NY, 1992

About this Item

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 330 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight inside pages. No bent corners. shelf wear dust and spots on closed pages HC 323.

Seller Inventory # Alibris.0042427

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Baby Doctor
• Publisher: Random House (NY), New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679409572
• ISBN 13: 9780679409571
• Binding: Hard cover
• Condition: Very good in fine dust jacket.

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Synopsis

In her honest, riveting prose, Perri Klass -- writer, mother, and doctor -- takes readers through her extraordinary three years of internship and residency as a pediatrician in a Boston children's hospital. Responsible for newborns, the chronically ill, and the mysteriously sick, Klass set high standards for her own performance and for those who worked with her tiny charges.

In essays and explorations on the concerns and contradictions that she faced every day, Klass reveals the fears, frustrations, and triumphs that formed her confusing life. From the difficulties of sleep deprivation to the hopelessness of treating a child with AIDS, from emergency room hysteria to intervening in cases of abuse to personal crises at home, Klass describes a trial by fire unlike any other -- a collection of experiences that changed her from a frightened, insecure medical student into a confident, caring baby doctor.

"A fascinating look into the mysterious chambers of medical science . . . Compassionate and compelling." -- Boston Herald


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t, riveting prose, Perri Klass -- writer, mother, and doctor -- takes readers through her extraordinary three years of internship and residency as a pediatrician in a Boston children's hospital. Responsible for newborns, the chronically ill, and the mysteriously sick, Klass set high standards for her own performance and for those who worked with her tiny charges.<br><br>In essays and explorations on the concerns and contradictions that she faced every day, Klass reveals the fears, frustrations, and triumphs that formed her confusing life. From the difficulties of sleep deprivation to the hopelessness of treating a child with AIDS, from emergency room hysteria to intervening in cases of abuse to personal crises at home, Klass describes a trial by fire unlike any other -- a collection of experiences that changed her from a frightened, insecure medical student into a confident, caring baby doctor.<br><br>"A fascinating look into the mysterious chambers of medical science . . . Compassion