The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at thte Real Lives of Surgical Residents

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Penguin, Jan 5, 2010 - Performing Arts - 336 pages
The ABC medical drama Grey’s Anatomy has generated a flurry of interest in how medical professionals really make it through one of the most rigorous educational programs around, but how much of the medical drama seen in Grey’s Anatomy is pure entertainment, and how much is an accurate reflection of life both in and out of the OR?

In The Real Grey's Anatomy, a well-known medical journalist provides some answers. He examines a group of new surgical residents at a major teaching hospital in the Pacific Northwest as they tackle the roller-coaster ride of long hours, fascinating procedures, mundane office tasks, and emotional ups and downs that comprise the life of a student of surgery.
 

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Title Page
CHAPTER THREE Some Background
CHAPTER SIX Flame
CHAPTER EIGHT Holidays
CHAPTER ELEVEN Bad News
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Communication
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Treating Bad People
CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Personality of Surgery
CHAPTER TWENTY Hospital Romance
CHAPTER TWENTYTHREE Transplant
CHAPTER TWENTYSEVEN Research
CHAPTER TWENTYNINE This MM Isnt Sweet
CHAPTER THIRTY The PauSe That ProtectS
CHAPTER THIRTYTWO Get Me Off the WebSite
CHAPTER THIRTYSIX Planning for the Worst
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Institutions Have Personalities

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Andrew Holtz, MPH, is a health journalist. A former CNN medical correspondent—and co-anchor for the Your Health program—he now works as a freelancer covering health and medicine. Holtz earned a Master of Public Health degree in the Oregon MPH program. He received his BA from Stanford University where he majored in broadcast communication and minored in physics. He is a board member and past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists.

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