When the Air Hits Your Brain by Frank Vertosick Jr
Author:Frank Vertosick Jr. [Frank T Vertosick Jr MD]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: e9780393344028
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2013-10-22T00:00:00+00:00
The next morning, Gary and I rounded in the intensive care unit without making further reference to Andy. Gary must have known that his small slip with the arachnoid knife had been as deadly for Andy as a shotgun blast, but the chief resident never spoke about the case again.
Garyâs metamorphosis into a surgical psychopath was now complete. I admired Gary, but he showed not the slightest remorse or concern for his lethal error. He had described Filipianoâs surgical callousness with disdain; he now achieved it himself. Like me, he had entered the chrysalis of residency as the son of a steelworker, little more than a boy out of medical school. In four months he would emerge from his seven years of training with neurosurgeonâs wings. Was this just an act? Was psychopathy part of this transformation? And, I wondered, would I follow his path to indifference? Would my compassion start to slip away?
Perhaps. But perhaps patients didnât want compassion from brain surgeons. They might prefer Nietzsche to Alan Alda, a superman who would make them betterâeven if he didnât give a shit. Unfortunately, Gary fulfilled neither role for Andy.
I would have to learn to quit crying at funerals.
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