Let there be light. A quarter of a century in emergency medicine
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Frank Hailer is a doctor of emergency assistance in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the author of the books “Blood of Strangers”, “The Laws of Invisible Things” and “The Right of Loosy”. His works appeared in Atlantic, The Georgia Review, Poetry and in many other publications.
The finalist of the award Yana Mikhalski.
In the late 90s, the young doctor from the city of Albuquerque published a collection of stories, where he emotionally described the beginning of his career In the ambulance. The sincere and touching book of the Blood of Strangers became a bestseller.
Two decades later, Dr. Frank Hailer issues another report on his professional path, this time from the point of view of an experienced specialist with 25 years of experience. In the presented sketches - touching, tragicomic, sometimes even surrealistic - Hailer reveals the harsh reality of the work of doctors balancing on the verge of life and death.
describing the doomed veterinarian with many fragments in the brain, and desperate, such as such as A young woman who inserts a needle into her heart, the doctor collects a puzzle of life from human suffering and grace, complementing the picture with episodes from his own fate.
“Let there be light” offers a bright portrait of the medical sphere, which illuminates society in its most vulnerable and The most sincere manifestations.
About the translator
Elena Lisnevskaya - doctor. In 2013, she graduated from the Belarusian State Medical University with a degree in the "medical business". I went through the internship in the specialty "Pathological Anatomy" in the Minsk Regional Pathological Assembly Bureau, where he is working to the present. She worked in general pathology for 6 years, then moved to oncomorphology, a new department, which today will lead. He is engaged in medical translations from the third year of the university
The finalist of the award Yana Mikhalski.
In the late 90s, the young doctor from the city of Albuquerque published a collection of stories, where he emotionally described the beginning of his career In the ambulance. The sincere and touching book of the Blood of Strangers became a bestseller.
Two decades later, Dr. Frank Hailer issues another report on his professional path, this time from the point of view of an experienced specialist with 25 years of experience. In the presented sketches - touching, tragicomic, sometimes even surrealistic - Hailer reveals the harsh reality of the work of doctors balancing on the verge of life and death.
describing the doomed veterinarian with many fragments in the brain, and desperate, such as such as A young woman who inserts a needle into her heart, the doctor collects a puzzle of life from human suffering and grace, complementing the picture with episodes from his own fate.
“Let there be light” offers a bright portrait of the medical sphere, which illuminates society in its most vulnerable and The most sincere manifestations.
About the translator
Elena Lisnevskaya - doctor. In 2013, she graduated from the Belarusian State Medical University with a degree in the "medical business". I went through the internship in the specialty "Pathological Anatomy" in the Minsk Regional Pathological Assembly Bureau, where he is working to the present. She worked in general pathology for 6 years, then moved to oncomorphology, a new department, which today will lead. He is engaged in medical translations from the third year of the university
Author:
Author:Хайлер Ф.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Medical Books
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-17-127255-5
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