In The Night Shift, Dr. Brian 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 E.R. 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 … also reveals the emotional, heartbreaking side of everyday E.R. 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 it offers a highly compelling inside view into an often shrouded world.
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Really interesting. Makes medicine accessible to the lay person. The writing is really engaging and personable.
Very boring biography of a rather mundane physician….
Loved it! The star of the book is the head M.D. in hospital ERs. His intelligence, fairness, lelheadedness, and compassion make him a hero, an appealing hero to me.
Boring
Lots to know about what goes on behind the scenes in an emergency room, and what is behind the snap decisions physicians must make.
The Night Shift answered so many questions about what really goes on in the ER! Why it takes soooo long for a doctor to even see an ER patient – and a healthy dose of everybody’s human. Very informative!
An interesting look at ER medicine on the night shift. I was left a little disappointed — not sure what I expected, but this wasn’t exactly it. It wasn’t as good as some physician accounts I’ve read, and the author seemed hell-bent on convincing the reader that doctors are good guys. He sounded almost defensive. Interesting cases, though.
Good representation of working the nightshift in the Emergency Room.
Wasn’t really impressed. Not enough story and far too much I did this and that.
Being in the medical field I enjoy reading books that relate to it. An easy read.
Interesting and informative look behind the scenes
Very good!
Boring
Real time, full of empathy but informative. Loved reading this insight on the professional side of a common experience: being in the hospital.
A good understanding of what ER doctors face each day. I’ll certainly have more respect if and when I return to an emergency ER situation.
it was okay but kind of boring
Boring – couldn’t finish it.
Interesting view of an ER doc.
I worked in a large city emergency room for several years and can relate to many of the accounts given in this book.
Dry,dull and slow