Learning How the Heart Beats

by Claire McCarthy

Book Overview

A dramatic, emotion-filled look into the training and life of a dedicated doctor. Here are riveting accounts of Claire McCarthy's experiences at Harvard Medical School and at Boston's famous Children's Hospital, interwoven with sensitive insights into the perplexing medical and ethical issues facing us today. A moving portrait of a woman gaining confidence in a demanding profession.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670838748
• ISBN13: 9780670838745
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

I appreciated her honesty

In this book, Dr. McCarthy has allowed her readers to look into her life as a pediatrician and learn from her successes and failures. I appreciated the balanced opinions she gave concerning both med school and her profession, and the decisions she has made throughout her journey. Overall, this is a good book to read if you are interested in medicine as a career.

Wow, I'm the First?

I'm shocked no one has yet written their thoughts on this book, I was looking foward to reading them! I loved this book. Since I'm a pre-med major I figured I would like it when I started it, but I did not expect that I would be unable to put it down! It sucked me in from the frst page and I just could not put it down! I was reading it during my physics class, that's how much I loved it. The author really shows the humanity behind medicine and does an excellent job of recounting her experiences "becoming a pediatrician". Every account of every patient fascinated me, and made me even more convinced that I'm not just insane for being pre-med. This book really gave me something to look foward to. If you are interested in health sciences, I strongly encourage you to read this book, it's wonderful!