FINAL EXAM A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality

Dr. Pauline W. Chen, a surgeon, began her journal twenty years ago, when her profession began to bring her face-to-face with death on a regular basis. As time went on, she found she continued to confront the residual effects of many of these experiences in her personal and professional lives. Chen's controlled and soothing narration painstakingly escorts listeners through some uncomfortable subject matter, making the most poignant scenes almost bearable to hear. With grace and poise Chen opens a window onto one of the most challenging aspects of a surgeon's job--coping with a patient's death when all efforts to heal have failed. B.J.P. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC 07/ JAN 08]