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A series of letters written from a doctor to her son, who is just beginning medical school, reveal the side of medicine not appearing on the job application, including compassion, empathy, and stress, and offer advice to all young doctors.
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The epitome of Klass' work – a pedantic and often obnoxious narrative voice overlying the fantasies and fears that are, in fact ubiquitous among medical trainees. After reading this I knew that I wasn't the first to secretly desire running off to practice medicine in some rural third-world country – not out of benevolence, but to be able to utilize history and physical skills, without any pesky high technology to ruin my intellectual fun and I now know that I share the mixed dread and exhilaration boarding an aircraft knowing that they may call “Is someone on board a doctor?”
Klass is maybe the most renowned medical writer and although she is far from the best, she never fails to entertain.
