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Final Exam
Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality | Pauline W. Chen
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In a series of reflections on the world of modern medicine, a young doctor describes how physicians must deal with the inescapable reality of death, the risks and rewards of emotional involvement, patients' expectations concerning their doctors, and her personal experiences throughout her education, residency, and practice with mortality. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.
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StellarDoc
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Not the kind of reading I'd like to be doing today.

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PomegranateMuse
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Final Exam is a call to action in an effort to rectify the dysfunctional relationship we have with death. While physicians are charged with saving lives, most are uncomfortable when handling end-of-life. Death is seen as the result of failure rather than the natural culmination of life. The true final exam is how doctors will come to balance the detachment needed to preserve their sanity with the compassion & required to be an exemplary physician.

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AnnaK
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Not my cup of tea. I need a medical story to be novel or told from a new perspective and this was not it.