Product Description: For two decades, Dr. Danielle Ofri has cared for patients at Bellevue, the oldest public hospital in the country and a crossroads for the world's cultures. In Medicine in Translation, she introduces us, in vivid, moving portraits, to the patients she has known...read more

A memoir of the author's ten years as a medical student, intern, and resident at New York's 250-year-old Bellevue Hospital.

The National Public Radio essayist shares fifteen tales of life in the medical profession, covering a wide range of issues, including abortion, psychological abuse, and suicide, always with humor and pathos. 10,000 first printing.

Provides a candid and moving memoir of the author's ten years as a medical student, intern, and resident at New York's 250-year-old Bellevue Hospital, describing her encounters with patients, staff, and family members, as well as the complex process of becoming a physician. Reprint.