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I've read lots of Gordon's book and I can't avoid comparison. This is the worst book I've read from him.
Nov 22, Anna Engel rated it liked it. The story is very much a product of its time and can only be read in the historical context of the late s. Gordon focuses on the medical drama, on a male-centric world of doctors and their heavy responsibilities, and on the uneasy race relations of the time. He does a good job overall, and I looked forward to my commute so that I could keep reading. Besides being set in the modern era, he decided to tackle pressing The story is very much a product of its time and can only be read in the historical context of the late s.
Besides being set in the modern era, he decided to tackle pressing social issues, especially how a person's ethnic origins color others' view of that individual and how those origins can be a catalyst for renouncing such a stereotype.
You come to generally like Adam despite his yucky way with women and you appreciate the wit of Spurgeon …the surgeon. Longwood you could happily have die off, along with the elitist type of medicine that he represents. The women in the book, however, are flakes. They're anxious, or flighty, or utterly unpredictable, or nymphomaniacs, or some combination of the above.
Gordon also calls the female doctors who play tiny, insignificant roles "girls. Jun 30, Charles rated it really liked it. Slow, but captivating, character-driven novel in 's? Follows three male surgeons in and out of a run-down, but busy hospital. The female characters are a bit neurotic, but also well-drawn. I'm looking forward to reading more from this United States author, who seems to be better-known in Spanish-speaking countries for his translated works than for those written in his native language.
Apr 25, Alberto Delgado rated it it was ok. Jan 16, Meri rated it liked it Shelves: Me prometieron un libro acerca de un comite de la muerte Obtuve un libro acerca de la vida de las personas medicos que trabajan en un hospital de boston En todo el libro ocurrieron como 3 comites. Con fallas, pero entretenido. No se profundiza mucho en sus pensamientos ni maneras de ser. Se trata demasiado superficial para mi gusto.
Un libro que me ha decepcionado, por las expectativas que le tenia al autor. Oct 16, Ruth Charchian rated it it was ok Shelves: May 30, Alicia.
Es muy lento, no avanzas y no parece que exista una historia que seguir. Aug 30, Pgricchi rated it liked it. Since my wife and I both read this book, and since she is a nurse, she wrote this and allowed me to help: The Massachusetts-born novelist Noah Gordon has not been heard from in about a decade, but to expect otherwise would be selfish, he is pushing 90 years of age. A musical version of his novel, "The Physician" is announced for That is probably not good news.
Gordon's well-researched multi-themed novel, set in the middle-ages, is about the progress of orphan Rob Cole from traveling si Since my wife and I both read this book, and since she is a nurse, she wrote this and allowed me to help: Gordon's well-researched multi-themed novel, set in the middle-ages, is about the progress of orphan Rob Cole from traveling sideshow juggler and barber's assistant to highly trained surgeon.
It is an epic and multi-themed continent-spanning pageant.
A musical treatment can only be a trivialization. And "The Physician" is only the first of three novels in the "Cole Trilogy", the others tell of Cole descendants: Gordon writes with understanding, and he seldom strikes the false notes found in fiction about medicine. It enters the imagination as from a grainy black and white TV screen. We see the good, the bad and the ugly Since the book came out in the 's it is self-consciously inclusive.
Their flaws and virtues are fairly well-drawn, and these characters drive the novel, especially when confronting ethical issues. As for the women: There are also some "girl" doctors - but we see little of them.
At the fictional "Suffolk General Hospital" in Boston, patient outcomes, not amenities, seem to be the key determinant in patient satisfaction. Medicine here is much more about practice, and less about theory. The novel is both a dated historical curiosity and an interesting entertainment. Some hospital people will read this to see what we narrowly escaped, others will read it to remember what they survived - and perhaps to mourn values that have been lost.
For others, it will be a vivid view of remote bad old days. Sep 19, Charlotte rated it really liked it. This is my second Noah Gordon book. In this book, three young doctors are doing their residency at the Suffolk County General hospital. Each doctor is talented and goal driven. Each also comes from differing backgrounds, culturally and because of the unique family history of each one. Rafael Meomartino is Hispanic. Spurgeon Robinson is African American.
Adam Silverstone is Jewish. In addition an older doctor, Dr. Harland Longwood figures prominently in the book. Longwood who conducts t This is my second Noah Gordon book. Longwood who conducts the death committee, which meets any time a patient does not survive. The question the committee must determine is if the death was avoidable or unavoidable. If it is deemed avoidable, then they determine how it could have been avoided. No one is punished for the death, but they all are expected to learn from it. Obviously it is a high stress time for the officiating doctor! Dr Longwood also happens to be the father-in-law of Rafael Meomartino.
The book covers one year in the lives of these doctors, and each chapter bears the title of the name of one of the doctors. The story is revealed in each chapter through the experiences of one of the doctors, though because there is a lot of interaction between the doctors the others often figure into it. It is an interesting book in that the reader learns not only what is currently happening, but through flashbacks, learns each doctor's personal story.
The book is very life realistic.
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Things work out better for some of them than others. Eventually the book just ends, with the reader having some sense, but no certainly, about how their lives will continue to unfold. After I read the book "The Physician" again and saw the movie, I was expecting a similarly gripping story in this book, triggered by the German title "The Clinic". A Column of Fire. The Witches of New York.
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