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Between Expectations: Lessons from a Pediatric Residency
by Meghan MacLean Weir
I have mixed feelings about the book. I love medical memoirs/autobiographies, and a personal connection to books about babies born premature. This book ticks those two boxes.
However, as others remarked, the author is at times very clinical, and I didn't really feel the emotional attachment while reading about her patients. Yet chapters later, she would reference those very same patients, and would bring up how important a certain patient was to her. I would find myself asking "which one is that?"
I'm sure that as a doctor or anyone who cares for people, especially babies, you do need to separate emotionally from them, so you can be able to do your job. I guess I just feel like the emotions are as important as the medical details when you write a memoir.
However, as others remarked, the author is at times very clinical, and I didn't really feel the emotional attachment while reading about her patients. Yet chapters later, she would reference those very same patients, and would bring up how important a certain patient was to her. I would find myself asking "which one is that?"
I'm sure that as a doctor or anyone who cares for people, especially babies, you do need to separate emotionally from them, so you can be able to do your job. I guess I just feel like the emotions are as important as the medical details when you write a memoir.