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Dr. Brian Goldman is both an emergency room physician at Mount Sinai and a prominent medical journalist. Never one to shy away from controversy, Goldman specializes in kicking open the doors to the medical establishment, revealing what really goes on behind the scenes -- and in the minds of doctors and nurses.
In The Night Shift, Goldman shares his experiences in the witching hours at Mount Sinai Hospital in downtown Toronto. We meet the kinds of patients who walk into an ER after midnight: late-night revellers injured on their way home after last call, teens assaulted in the streets by other teens and a woman who punches another woman out of jealousy over a man. But Goldman also reveals the emotional, heartbreaking side of everyday ER visits: adult children forced to make life and death decisions about critically ill parents, victims of sexual assault, and mentally ill and homeless patients looking for understanding and a quick fix in the twenty-four hour waiting room. Written with Goldman's trademark honesty and with surprising humour, The Night Shift is also a frank look at many issues facing the medical profession today, and offers a highly compelling inside view into an often shrouded world.
About the Author
For more than twenty years, Dr. Brian Goldman has been a highly regarded emergency physician at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital, and he has parlayed his medical expertise into an award-winning career in medical journalism. CBC Radio One's "house doctor," Dr. Goldman is also the host of the radio program White Coat, Black Art, which airs on CBC Radio. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two children.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The one Emergency Room visit you'll want to make,
By Gil Broza "Personal breakthrough coach, Agile... (Toronto, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Night Shift (Hardcover)
Hidden somewhere in the book's introduction is the sobering sentence, "Sooner or later most of you are going to need the services of someone like me." For me, that statement has been verified more than once. And so, I'm grateful to Dr. Goldman for sharing in such a clear and engaging format what it's like "on his side of the gurney".The E.R. experience is tense enough without the exaggeration we witness in TV dramas. Even though the night shift depicted in the book is really an elaborate composite, I would think it's a good a sample as any. Being recounted in the first person, as opposed to the common alternative (reporting/journalism style) lends it a much deeper, humane aspect. I particularly like the balanced and highly empathetic view Dr. Goldman takes in his book. He doesn't pander to gore and unlikely theatrics, and uses few literary mechanisms such as "little did I know". Humour and seriousness are well blended. He balances empathy and respect with reasoning and calculated choices. The story is easy to follow and it gets into medical details only to the extent they are needed to explain situations. And in more than one place the story surprisingly digs into Dr. Goldman's own personal history and sometimes painful experiences, which heighten my appreciation for his truly demanding work. I would recommend this book to anyone who has ever been or might be an E.R. patient. And if you have been a regular listener of his "White Coat, Black Art" show on CBC, let me assure you this book does not duplicate what you heard there. You might recognize a few details or a couple of stories, but this book is something else!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Read,
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This review is from: The Night Shift (Paperback)
I have read a great deal of medical nonfiction and find accounts of life in the ER to be of particular interest. It's difficult to find such books written by Canadian authors, so I was excited to hear Dr. Goldman's perspective on our health care system. I found it to be an absorbing read, and well-written aside from a few typos. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who's a fan of this genre.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good story,
By Nagaisgich (Toronto ON Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Night Shift (Hardcover)
I became aware of this book when I realized my boss had taken her full lunch hour two days in a row to read it.... unheard of for her!It is nicely written and describes some interesting situations. I bet most of us can identify with one or two of them on a personal level. Dr. Goldman also throws in some sobering factoids here and there, although nothing you wouldn't already have suspected. Certainly entertaining. It's worth getting and reading. I read my boss's copy... would I buy it? Not sure. I prefer to buy only books that I can give 4 or more stars to. But I don't think you would feel your money was wasted if you buy it. It's very good.
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