A memoir of the author's ten years as a medical student, intern, and resident at New York's 250-year-old Bellevue Hospital.
An account of an attending physician's experiences at one of the nation's most famous hospitals recounts her years as a medical student, during which she tackled the combined challenges of overcrowding, an urban environment, and cutting-edge medical technology. Reprint.
Singular Intimacies is the story of becoming a doctor by immersion at New York’s Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the country. When Danielle Ofri first enters the doors as a medical student, she is immediately plunged into the teeming world of urban medicine. It is here that Dr. Ofri develops a profound instinct for healing and, above all, learns to navigate the tangled vulnerabilities of doctor and patient.
Singular Intimacies is the story of becoming a doctor by immersion at New York's Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the country. When Danielle Ofri first enters the doors as a medical student, she is immediately plunged into the teeming world of urban medicine. It is here that Dr. Ofri develops a profound instinct for healing and, above all, learns to navigate the tangled vulnerabilities of doctor and patient.