Voices of the Massachusetts General Hospital 1950-2000: Wit, Wisdom and Untold Tales

by Stephen Dretler (Editor), Lloyd Axelrod (Editor), Willard M Daggett (Editor), Georgia W Peirce (Editor)

Overview

Voices of the Massachusetts General Hospital 1950-2000 contains revealing quotations, intimate and previously untold stories of many of the physicians, nurses and other clinicians who dedicated themselves to the pursuit of excellence on behalf of their patients and families, their colleagues and the world beyond the hospital. What'started as an email solicitation for stories and anecdotes turned into a moving and instructive portrait of the daily life of a storied institution in the last half of the 20th century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781942108023
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/23/2014
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	450,464
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Stephen Dretler, Lloyd Axelrod, Willard M. Daggett, Georgia W. Peirce

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments iv

Introduction v

Name Index vi

The Doctors

Patient Care 1

Sign Language 18

Teaching and Training 39

The MGH Anesthesia Interview 42

The Surgical Intern Interview 44

What, You Did Not Go to Harvard? 45

The Intern's Step 47

Neurosurgical Wisdom 53

A Long Day 56

The 9pm Meal 77

Strong Work 77

It's Not the Suture 77

CMF 80

What Would You Call It? 84

Reinvention 85

Research 89

MGH Values 103

"It's a Beautiful Day" 104

The Grand Dame of Fruit Street 111

Surgical Training 112

The Baker Brick 125

The Nurses 129