{"product_id":"a-not-entirely-benign-procedure-isbn-9780452272583","title":"A Not Entirely Benign Procedure","description":"\"Fascinating... Klass writes with wit, intelligence, and a great deal of insight.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed pediatrician, journalist, and novelist Perri Klass offers a provocative look at the ups and downs of medical school from those first exams to the day she became a doctor. In a direct, candid style, Klass shares what it is like to be a first-time mother while attending med school; the unique lingo of the med student; how to deal with every bodily fluid imaginable; and the humor and heartbreak of working with patients. With this collection of essays, Klass established herself as a go-to voice for a generation of med students and doctors, with her frank and witty perspective. Klass also brings a proven ability to make the medical world accessible to the lay reader, through her extensive literary and journalistic experience.\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PRE-CLINICAL YEARS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Living-in-Sin Potluck and Other Tales of the First Year of Medical School\u003cbr\u003eA Textbook Pregnancy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE CLINICAL YEARS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe First Time\u003cbr\u003eCrying in the Hospital\u003cbr\u003eCamels, Zebras, and Fascinomas\u003cbr\u003eLearning the Language\u003cbr\u003eMacho\u003cbr\u003eTempos\u003cbr\u003eThe Scrubbed and the Unscrubbed\u003cbr\u003eEmergency Room\u003cbr\u003eBabytalk\u003cbr\u003eInvasions\u003cbr\u003e007s\u003cbr\u003eEnough to Make You Sick\u003cbr\u003eThe Prize in the Cracker Jack Box\u003cbr\u003eStress and Potato Chips\u003cbr\u003eIgnorance\u003cbr\u003e\"Who Knows This Patient?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eISSUES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePower Plays\u003cbr\u003eDisasters Past\u003cbr\u003eNurses\u003cbr\u003eBaby Poop\u003cbr\u003eOne in Ten Thousand\u003cbr\u003eIndia\u003cbr\u003eWhen Doctors and Patients Speak Different Languages\u003cbr\u003eAIDS\u003cbr\u003eTaking Precautions\u003cbr\u003eDying\u003cbr\u003eCuring\u003cbr\u003eAssess and Advise\u003cbr\u003eDNR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePUTTING IT TOGETHER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Weekend in the Life\u003cbr\u003eMatch Day\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConclusion—Baby Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fascinating... Klass writes with wit, intelligence, and a great deal of insight.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Writing personally and candidly, she brings the reader into her orbit, into the experiences of a thoughtful person, in situations that are comic, difficult, puzzling and often tragic. There are moving instances of a doctor's mandated objectivity while involved with the dying and with the bereaved. In lighter moments, Klass twits pompous members of the healing profession and offers insights on the status of women doctors; they are frequently mistaken for nurses; men never are.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “General readers and medical students alike will find this book worth reading.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerri Klass\u003c\/b\u003e is a pediatrician who writes fiction and non-fiction. She writes about children and families, about medicine, about food and travel, and about knitting. She is the author of a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Mercy Rule\u003c\/i\u003e, and several works of non-fiction, including \u003ci\u003eTreatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e, written in the form of letters to her older son as he starts medical school, and \u003ci\u003eA Not Entirely Benign Procedure.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe lives in New York City, where she is Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University, and she has three children of her own. She is also National Medical Director of Reach Out and Read, a national literacy organization which works through doctors and nurses to promote parents reading aloud to young children.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305058750693,"sku":"NP9780452272583","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452272583.jpg?v=1767720682","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-not-entirely-benign-procedure-isbn-9780452272583","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}