false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174446711m/401876.jpg 401876 23 Now a classic! The hilarious  novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your  doctor never wanted you to know. Six eager interns  -- they saw themselves as modern saviors-to-be.  They came from the top of their medical school class  to the bottom of the hospital staff to serve a  year in the time-honored tradition, racing to answer  the flash of on-duty call lights and nubile  nurses. But only the Fat Man --the Clam, all-knowing  resident -- could sustain them in their struggle to  survive, to stay sane, to love-and even to be  doctors when their harrowing year was done.<br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i> 1596107 1978 The House of God: The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital total:931|5:276|4:360|3:219|2:54|1:22| 931 3607 1375 204 4 5 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 14:18:21 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 14:19:56 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 3 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 20 05:41:01 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 01 07:26:18 -0700 2008
The message on why "the boys" didn't like the chief, how doing nothing is good medicine, and the difference between gomers and old folks are very pertinent to me and how I practice in healthcare. My favorite Laws include:
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This book is full of unbelievable, cringe-inducing sexism. If you are a female nurse, social worker, or hospital staff member, you could be forgiven for wanting to track the author down and hit him over the head with something heavy. Holy. Living. Fuck.

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This novel follows an intern, Roy G. Basch, for his internship year at a prestigious hospital nicknamed the “House of God.” Roy must deal with sickness of the elderly, the death of the young, the comp...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Thu Aug 30 10:42:36 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 18:13:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jun 14 09:02:48 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 09:02:48 -0700 2007
The character starts off a somewhat wide...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 16:35:36 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 17:17:02 -0700 2009 Few thoughts:
1) Some of my Family Med colleagues thought House of God was abhorrent. I thought long and hard ab...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Jul 14 23:51:18 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 23:51:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 18 13:16:46 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 13:24:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 08:55:06 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 09:06:49 -0700 2009 The helper-souls don't have any place anymore in this modern capitalist machine-like medicine world.

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The sad thing is that this dehumanization (of self as well as others) does happen to...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 15:50:02 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 09:06:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 07:08:20 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 07:13:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 09:46:33 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 15:28:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 18:55:20 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 19:22:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 09:07:20 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 09:15:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 12:32:51 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 12:44:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 18 12:58:27 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 10 06:45:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 20 10:17:54 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 10:19:59 -0700 2008
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, but I have many friends who are, and I've heard all about their internships and residencies. None of them purposely killed patients, cheated on husbands/wives/girlfriends/boyfriends, or did the other disgusting things that...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 08:53:06 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 11:03:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=401876