Resident On Call: A Doctor's Reflections On His First Years At Mass General

"Fast-paced memoir."-Wall Street Journal"Amusing medical stories as seen through the eyes of a new doctor."-Kirkus Review"Rivkees . . . documents his time at Mass General with wit, humor, and at times, sadness. Just two months out of medical school, Rivkees encountered his first meningitis case-an eight-week-old girl. It's cases like this that make the book a worthwhile read because we get to see what happens inside one of the country's top hospitals through the eyes of a green freshman."-Boston Magazine"A new humorous - and at times serious - memoir . . . highlights what residency is truly like, and what the medical school textbooks don't teach, like how to survive long weeks, sleepless nights and whirlwind days at the hospital."-University of Florida Health