| Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs: The Making of a Surgeon Contributor(s): Collins, Michael J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312610912 ISBN-13: 9780312610913 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.58" W x 8.26" (0.61 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It looked for a while as if Michael Collins would spend his life breaking concrete and throwing rocks for the Vittorio Scalese Construction Company. He liked the work and he liked the pay. But a chance remark by one of his coworkers made him realize that he wanted to involve himself in something bigger, something more meaningful than crushing rocks and drinking beer. In his acclaimed first memoir, Hot Lights, Cold Steel, Collins wrote passionately about his four-year surgical residency at the prestigious Mayo Clinic. Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs turns back the clock, taking readers from his days as a construction worker to his entry into medical school, expertly infusing his journey to become a doctor with humanity, compassion, and humor. From the first time he delivers a baby to being surrounded by death and pain on a daily basis, Collins compellingly writes about how medicine makes him confront, in a very deep and personal way, the nature of God and suffering--and how delicate life can be. |
Contributor Bio(s): Collins, Michael J.: - Michael J. Collins, M.D., served as the Chief Resident in Orthopedic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic and is now a successful orthopedic surgeon. He is the author of the acclaimed medical memoirs Hot Lights, Cold Steel and Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs. He lives in Hinsdale, Illinois. |