A review by nataliebootlah
White Hot Light: Twenty-Five Years in Emergency Medicine by Frank Huyler

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5.0

In this unflinching memoir that is both brutal and beautiful, Dr. Frank Huyler puts twenty-five years worth of his career as an ER doctor out on the table. 

His collection of short stories tell the tales of those he could save and those he could not. It is honest and raw and focuses not only on the human body in stress, but the ethical dilemmas doctors must face in times of crisis. 

White Hot Light is timely with the on-going pandemic, yet it’s written so well that it almost felt fictitious and certainly wasn’t overwhelmingly heavy like some medical non-fiction books can be. A great read overall.
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