Something for the Pain: Compassion and Burnout in the ER [Paperback]

This vivid memoir of an ER doctor will make readers by turns cry and cringe. A definite page-turner and a riveting debut.[A] relentlessly honest look at modern emergency medicine&What makes this inspiring medical memoir stand out is the courageous measure of Austins humanity.Austin examines the diametrically opposed perils of cynical detachment and overemotional involvement, pondering the question of just how empathic a clinician can be and still be competent. An ER physician gives serious thought to what he does, how he does it and what it does cost him.The searing honesty ofIt turns out there are all kinds of things about working in an ER that most of us havent learned from TV or having sat in one. In A stunning account of the chaos of the emergency room.