Singular Intimacies - Tapa blanda

Danielle Ofri is a finely gifted writer, a born storyteller as well as a born physician, and through these fifteen brilliantly written episodes, we get not only a deep sense of the high drama of life and death, but a feeling for the making of a physicianas mind and soul. (Oliver Sacks, M.D.) The essence of becoming and being a doctor. ("New England Journal of Medicine")

"Danielle Ofri is a finely gifted writer, a born storyteller as well as a born physician, and through these fifteen brilliantly written episodes, we get not only a deep sense of the high drama of life and death, but a feeling for the making of a physician's mind and soul." --Oliver Sacks, M.D.
"These essays. . . resonate with insight, intelligence, humor and an extraordinary sensitivity to both the patients she treated in this inner-city facility and the staff she worked with. . . .Ofri brings to this memoir a combination of medical information and some very expressive writing. . . The pieces in this powerful collection are tied together by the struggle of a clearly gifted physician to master the complexities of healing." --Publishers Weekly
"Ofri is a gifted writer. Her vignettes ring with truth, and for any physician or patient who knows the dramas of a big-city hospital they will evoke tears, laughter, and memories. Indeed, any reader, physician or not, will find in Singular Intimacies the essence of becoming and being a doctor." --Robert S. Schwartz, New England Journal of Medicine
."..[Ofri's] writing tumbles forth with color and emotion. She demonstrates an ear for dialogue, humility about the limits of her medical training, and an extraordinary capacity to be touched by human suffering...Ofri's book is an important addition to the literary canon of medicine." --Jan Gardner, Boston Globe

Provides a candid and moving memoir of the author's ten years as a medical student, intern, and resident at New York's 250-year-old Bellevue Hospital, describing her encounters with patients, staff, and family members, as well as the complex process of becoming a physician. Reprint.