The House of God

Anyone read this book? My husband just started it and he thought it had some very interesting views on being an intern. It is supposed to be an "autobiography" of sorts of an intern at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston during the 70s and focusing on how the medical system affects a new physician's life. Anyway, I thought it might be an interesting read....

Jennifer

Jennifer,

I have read this book a couple of times....it's a bit on the cynical side from time to time and some of the perspectives have aged...but we found some of the things to still be true..ie.gomers, trying to get patients transferred to other wards (can't remember what they called it in the book), etc...

It's really good.

Kris
Time is a Dressmaker, Specializing in Alterations!

[Meenah]

My husband and I both have read it - another great book.
Luanne

[Cumberland]

i liked it alot, my hubby and I quote from it all the time. definitely very cynical.

[fluffhead]

Another one I've read in the same vein - "Intern Blues" which is a diary of 3 peds interns. Gets depressing, but it's a good read for 4th year med students and others.

[PrincessFiona]

Intern Blues

it's a good read for 4th year med students and others.

ugh...or maybe not . Let them have a few more months of denial before reality hits

Just kidding, guys..it's NOT that bad

kris

Has anyone read the sequel to this one-- "Mount Misery"? It follows the main character through his psychiatry residency. and it seems to follow the plot of Dante's "Inferno" pretty closely. I liked it even better than "House of God".[/url]

[Meenah]

No, but now I plan to. I really liked House of God.
Luanne

[fluffhead]

Mount Misery

Oh man - I'm reading Mt. Misery - what a disturbing book! Anybody know if this is at all realistic?

[Auspicious]

I'm almost finished with House of God now, and it's pretty shocking but very very good. I think I'm going to strongly recommend it to my boyfriend, especially since the girlfriend in the book is kind of the hero who saves his humanity and pulls him back from the brink.

Should I take the fact that everyone is commenting on this book's cynicism to mean that internship isn't quite this bad for most people? Obviously internship in real life is harsh, but do they really end up a burnt-out shell of a human being by the end, like Roy in the book does before he's able reconnect with his emotions?

Anyone who's read the book and been through internship care to comment?

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