Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue
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A collection of essays by physician-writer Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD. [1] Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue is the story of medical training in America’s oldest public hospital. [2] Ofri writes of the experience of being an untested medical student, pitched from academia into Bellevue Hospital, eventually making it to the other side as a doctor.
The essay Merced from this book was chosen by Steven Jay Gould for Best American Essays 2002 [3], and was also awarded the Editor's Prize for Nonfiction by The Missouri Review. [4]
Ofri is a practicing internist at Bellevue Hospital and the editor-in-chief of the Bellevue Literary Review. [5] She is also the author of Incidental Findings: Lessons from my Patients in the Art of Medicine. [6]
[edit] References
- ^ Ofri, Danielle (04-15-2003). Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue. Beacon Press. ISBN 978-0807072523.
- ^ Bellevue Hospital Center. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
- ^ Ofri (2002), “Merced”, Best American Essays 2002: 237-252
- ^ "Previous Contest Winners", The Missouri Review, 09-21-2004. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
- ^ Bellevue Literary Review. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
- ^ Ofri, Danielle (04-15-2006). Incidental Findings: Lessons From My Patients in the Art of Medicine. Beacon Press. ISBN 978-0807072677.
[edit] External links
- Danielle Ofri’s Homepage
- Bellevue Literary Review
- See Danielle Ofri read Intensive Care from Singular Intimacies
