The intensivist's challenge aging and career growth in a high-stress medical specialty / David Crippen, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crippen, David, 1943- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical care medicine--History--Personal narratives.

Critical care medicine.

Physicians--Anecdotes.

Physicians.

History.

Critical Care.

Medical Subjects:

Critical Care.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

History.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xvi, 165 pages : some illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Cham] : Springer, [2016]

Summary:

This book brings together personal narratives from critical care medicine specialists around the world. Most of these physicians started in critical care at or before the exponential increase in technological modalities to reverse or sustain organ function, have seen patient care both ways, and have worked as many as 30 years or more at the bedside. The narratives are organized around such themes as : how and why these physicians entered the discipline of critical care; what was critical care like in the beginning; how they have experienced the flood of innovations in critical care; why they decided to retire (or not); and what their retirement options have been (or not). Composed by influential critical care medicine specialists, The Intensivist?s Challenge: Aging and Career Growth in a High-Stress Medical Specialty is a valuable resource bringing together a discussion of the nature and problems of aging as they apply to physicians in a high-stress occupation, while assessing the value of clinical experience at the bedside in a world increasingly full of soulless technology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319304526

3319304526

OCLC:

951608144

Publisher Number:

9783319304526