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M.D. Paperback – January 1, 1982

by Neil Ravin (Author)
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This is a novel about what they do to each other and to their patients. And what their patients do to them. The heroes are young doctors, fresh out of medical school and taking the blame for disease and random disaster.William Ryan. Possessor of a brand new M.D. and defender of some old and precious illusions. Handsome and charming, a brilliant academic and athlete. Soon after arriving at The Tower, New York's most prestigious teaching hospital, Ryan embarks on three separate emotional relationships with a beautiful Eurasian nurse, a young patient dying of Hodgkin's, and Diana Hayes, an ambitious and calculating female cardiologist.While juggling his personal life, he also gets on the bad side of the bureaucratic arm of the hospital, which threatens to end his career before it's even begun.
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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    Dell Pub Co
  3. Publication date
    January 1, 1982
  4. ISBN-10
    0440153077
  5. ISBN-13
    978-0440153078
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dell Pub Co; First Edition (January 1, 1982)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0440153077
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0440153078
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4 ounces
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Joi Cardinal
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Insider's Medical Story - Just Ignore the Romance!
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2000
Don't let the cover put you off -- Neil Ravin's M.D. is chock-full of good, hard medical details: patients, diseases, the life of interns and residents. I found it easy to skim past the protagonist's various romances with a patient, nurse, and fellow doctor. The characters are lifelike and varied, from the laid-back mellow California guy who wants to view his patients as whole people to the callous, driven New York-style residents who views his patients as diseased parts. The book is satisfying and surprisingly free of medical errors; I only wish the same could be said about Ravin's Informed Consent which contains so many medical errors one wonders where the editor was. Dated but delightful, M.D. will please those who like behind-the-scenes peeks at doctors' lives.
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Reeshad Dalal (dalal@alpha.hanover.edu)
5.0 out of 5 stars An Idealist in the Harsh World of Medicine
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 1998
A wonderful, wonderful book--it ranks, without a doubt, among the top five books I have ever read. The author provides multi-faceted insights into the psyche of the protagonist, Ryan, a young and idealistic M.D., as he labors his way through morbidity, mortality and, not incongrously, romantic/sexual encounters. As with all good books, this one too can be read on many levels, with the reader obtaining whatever s/he wants from the book. As for myself: on completing the book, I was left with the realization that while it is impossible to completely live upto one's ideals, the continued possession of these ideals--even in the harsh light of "reality"--is necessary for the maintenance of one's humanity.
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