Direct Red: A Surgeon's View of Her Life-Or-Death Profession, (Paperback)

from elliepotten

I picked this up on a whim, out of a bag of incoming books at the shop, because I've rather enjoyed other 'medical memoirs' I've read in the past. I find them fascinating, perhaps because the medical profession is such a world apart - men and women caring for every kind of person in every kind of...

from DetailMuse

Direct Red is an eminently readable collection of stories drawn from Gabriel Weston's experiences while training and working as a surgeon in the UK. The opening page finds her near collapse from exhaustion (and tedium) while in her seventh hour of assisting on an OR case. Desperate to not admit ...

from cougargirl1967

Very good read.

from mckait

3.0 out of 5 stars Something of a letdown..., July 26, 2009 By Kathleen Wagner "*Mitakuye Oyasin or We are A... (SWPA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME) Reading this book will give you an idea of what a young woman training to be a doctor in England faces. It is clear that bias against woman docto...

from mckait

3.0 out of 5 stars Something of a letdown..., July 26, 2009 By Kathleen Wagner "*Mitakuye Oyasin or We are A... (SWPA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME) Reading this book will give you an idea of what a young woman training to be a doctor in England faces. It is clear that bias against woman docto...