Something for the pain : compassion and burnout in the ER

Something for the pain : compassion and burnout in the ER / Paul Austin.

Author/creator	Austin, Paul, 1955-
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., 2009, ©2008.
Description	297 pages ; 21 cm
Subject(s)	Austin, Paul, 1955- Emergency physicians--United States --Biography. Emergency Medicine--Personal Narratives. Emergency Treatment--psychology --Personal Narratives. Physician-Patient Relations--Personal Narratives. Physicians--Personal Narratives.

Contents	Introduction: Tool bag -- Night shift -- Still hurting -- The caring curve -- Something so personal -- Declaring a patient -- Ventilator -- Among savages -- Face-to-face -- Mrs. Kelly -- Splinters -- Tucker put his gun to his head -- Longing for sleep -- Seeking rehab -- Somebody's baby -- Sleeping at my mother-in-law's -- Sleeping quarters -- Gunshot wound to the chest -- Why don't you do something? -- Something for the pain -- The devil is a beautiful man -- Rotating shifts.
Abstract	In this riveting memoir, an ER doctor reveals how his high-stress career of helping others led to a struggle to save himself.
ISBN	9780393337792
ISBN	0393337790

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Popular Reading Collection	WZ 100 A937A 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold