Critical Care

A dark, somewhat realistic, somewhat satiric look at how the doctors and nurses react or relate to the comatose, hopeless patients in ICU, and the way that American medical practice encourages prolongation of life even when no realistic hope of recovery to a normal life is medically possible. It is......more

Hospital dark humour......more

Very funny while also a critical look at our health system.......more

A compelling but often humorous look at the life of an Internal medicine resident at a major hospital. Dr. Peter Werner Ernst is supposedly to prevent those in his care from dying or at least he hopes he can accomplish that during his shift. His involvement with a relative of a patient brings into q......more

The story is fairly simple on the surface, but more complex beneath. A young doctor is faced with a choice--he's fooled into having to make it, and his naivete regarding the issue is quite stunning. But, it's also endearing, and a big part of why this book is so engaging. The dark humour had me laug......more