Jackson Cooper. MD will never forget that first day, its stunning conclusion forever etched in his mind. His year as a surgical intern is a story of medical suspense, tragedy, and occasional terror, as a young physician deals with the world of surgery.The surgeon’s knot is a surgical tie used in the operating room which the intern practices ceaselessly. The knot refers, as well, to the tangled … tangled world of the protagonist.
Jackson’s life soon becomes burned-out, resulting from events beyond his control as well as destructive behavior. Physicians, patients, and cases ranging from humorous to tragic are present. A Surgeon’s Knot is a story of the dignity of medicine, the overwhelming duty to man, failure and recovery.
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Should have had better editing. However interesting and informative. One can understand how how alcoholism can destroy a person’s life.. Lots of credit is to be given to Drs Cooper and Hickok for there determination to rid the demons. Also to Patrice for sticking by Jackson.. I am sure that helped. Wishing well to all.
As an RN for 43 years in some challenging settings, I have great respect for the people who graduate from medical school. It was interesting to see what took them down and what turned them around. The camaraderie of the fellow students, doctors, nurses and ward clerks was admirable. I’ve been retired for 4 years, I’m not sure much of the “hospital family” continues now. Like the politicians that have split the country, hospital management has pitted one against the other as much as they can. I loved the ending.
A Surgeon’s Knot written by William Lynes was an interesting read. It was not quite what I was expecting, but I enjoyed it all the same.
It is the story of a young surgical intern Jackson Cooper, detailing the cases, the difficulties, the successes, and the interpersonal relations or at times the lack there of. I can imagine that A Surgeon’s Knot is a fairly accurate representation of how life as an intern was back in the 1980’s. There were long days, followed by even longer nights, followed by long days, catching naps onsite when he could, falling into bed at late hours then being back at the hospital first thing in the morning, a never-ending cycle.
This book introduces us to real life cases, the language the author uses is very direct and descriptive, giving us a clear picture of his cases and how they would look. I quite enjoyed this as I have a medical background and did not need to think too much about the language. I do think that might be a problem for some people when reading if they don’t have some medical knowledge. Having said that though, William was extremely good at explaining medical terms, procedures and conditions in detail.
We are taken on a journey through Jackson Coopers life, the tragedy, the fear, the excitement and the mundane, which are the aspects of his job that are not fun and exciting but still need to be done, he had a clipboard full of these things all of the time, never seeming to get smaller.
The road of an intern is hard, stressful, and a lot of the time overwhelming. This constant pressure will show cracks, and Jackson’s cracks showed and became all-consuming for him. This book shows us that the doctors we hold to extremely high standards and expect to look after us, are just people like you and me and they are flawed.
This book could very easily have be written as the diary of Jackson as sometimes the storyline was a little fractured and disjointed, but as diarised entries it would have worked brilliantly. Part of Jackson’s journey was his fall into using prescription drugs and how that affected his ability to be a good doctor and do his job.
I enjoyed reading this book.
I was gifted a copy of this A Surgeon’s Knot by William Lynes via Voracious Readers Only.
To violent for my taste.
I wanted this to be more but it was a good read
Not worth the time
Struggled through this book. Did not hold interest. Don’t suggest it to read!
Great ending.
I really liked this book. If you enjoy medical info….and great book. You’ll like this one!
Interesting in its explanation of surgical procedures, but poor characterization and disjointed plot.