Baby Doctor: A Pediatrician's Training

About this book

In her honest riveting prose Perri Klass -- writer mother and doctor -- takes readers through her extraordinary three years of internship and residency as a pediatrician in a Boston childrens hospital. Responsible for newborns the chronically ill and the mysteriously sick Klass set high standards for her own performance and for those who worked with her tiny charges. In essays and explorations on the concerns and contradictions that she faced every day Klass reveals the fears frustrations and triumphs that formed her confusing life. From the difficulties of sleep deprivation to the hopelessness of treating a child with AIDS from emergency room hysteria to intervening in cases of abuse to personal crises at home Klass describes a trial by fire unlike any other -- a collection of experiences that changed her from a frightened insecure medical student into a confident caring baby doctor. "A fascinating look into the mysterious chambers of medical science . . . Compassionate and compelling." -- Boston Herald From the Paperback edition.