I used to live for ER, the anticipation of Thursday nights got me through the week. The cast, the drama, the storylines, the humor, the medical emergencies galore, and well Noah Wyle. I've watched most of Grey's Anatomy, I was late to that one, being an ER loyalist and well frankly, everyone I like seems to have left that show behind. Currently, I'm binging on 911, Chicago Fire, and Chicago Med. My husband prefers police dramas, (I tend to only like Criminal Minds and Midsommer Murders), he will watch the medical dramas and gets squeamish at the more graphic of medical maladies. I however am fascinated, because I'm a bit of a medical menagerie myself, and getting a plot point is a bonus. Reality medical shows, I tend to leave for my mom, who has a professional interest, being a retired nurse. I like my medical emergencies to involve storylines and the bit of relief in knowing the losses are fictional.
So, here I am getting involved in Chicago med, a little late yes, but here I am, and I'm wondering why haven't I considered reading medical fiction before.
"A debut novel that pulses with humor and empathy and explores the heart's capacity for forgiveness ... Zadie Anson and Emma Colley have been best friends since their early twenties when they first began navigating serious romantic relationships amid the intensity of medical school. Now they're happily married wives and mothers with successful careers--Zadie as a pediatric cardiologist and Emma as a trauma surgeon. Their lives in Charlotte, North Carolina are chaotic but fulfilling until the return of a former colleague unearths a secret one of them has been harboring for years. As chief resident, Nick Xenokostas was the center of Zadie's life--both professionally and personally--during a tragic chain of events during her third year of medical school that she has long since put behind her. Nick's unexpected reappearance during a time of new professional crisis shocks both women into a deeper look at the difficult choices they made at the beginning of their careers. As it becomes evident that Emma must have known more than she revealed about circumstances that nearly derailed both their lives, Zadie begins to question everything she thought she knew about her closest friend"-- Provided by publisher.
A New York Times Bestselling Author -- The basis for the TNT medical drama pilot Chelsea General Every time surgeons operate, they're betting on their skills. Sometimes, they lose. At Chelsea General, surgeons answer for bad outcomes at the Morbidity and Mortality conference, known as M & M. Monday Mornings follows the lives of five surgeons as they push the limits of their abilities and confront their failings, often in front of their peers at M & M., Monday Mornings is a unique look at the method by which surgeons often learn -- through their mistakes.
When the body of twenty-eight-year-old social worker Kera Jacobsen shows up on Chief New York City Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery's autopsy table, at first it appears she was the victim of a tragic yet routine drug overdose. But for Laurie and her new pathology resident, the brilliant but enigmatic Dr. Aria Nichols, little things aren't adding up. Kera's family and friends swear she never touched drugs. Administrators from the hospital where Kera worked are insisting the case be shrouded in silence. And although Kera was ten weeks pregnant, nobody seems to know who the father was--or whether he holds the key to Kera's final moments alive.
As a medical emergency temporarily sidelines Laurie, impulsive Aria turns to a controversial new technique: using genealogic DNA databases to track down those who don't want to be found. Working with experts at a start-up ancestry website, she plans to trace the fetus's DNA back to likely male relatives in the hopes of identifying the mystery father. But when Kera's closest friend and fellow social worker is murdered, the need for answers becomes even more urgent. Because someone out there clearly doesn't want Kera's secrets to come to light . . . and if Aria gets any closer to the truth, she and Laurie might find themselves a killer's next targets.
Dr. Charlotte Reese works in the intensive care unit of Seattle's Beacon Hospital, tending to patients with the most life-threatening illnesses and injuries. Her job is to battle death -- to monitor erratic heartbeats, worry over low oxygen levels, defend against infection and demise.
Claire Boehning must dust off her long-unused medical expertise and make a living for her family in rural Washington when her husband's biotech venture crashes--taking everything they owned with it.
Dr. David Spier, head of the ER at the UCLA Medical Center, is caught in a media frenzy when the man who assaulted two of Spier's colleagues becomes a patient.
In Ballybucklebo, Ireland, young doctor Barry, eagerly awaiting the arrival of his first child, and his fellow physicians, including a fledgling doctor, deal with a range of medical issues while still finding time to share the comforting joys and pleasures of this very special place.
Katie LeClair has finally settled down as the new doctor in Baxter, Michigan. After years of moving, schooling, and training, she wants nothing more than to find a place she can call home, and a small town outside of Ann Arbor seems perfect. But that idyllic dream is immediately shattered when one of her patients is found dead.
"After her brother dies in a trauma room, nurse Claire Avery can no longer face the ER. She's determined to make a fresh start--new hospital, a new career in nursing education--move forward, no turning back. But her plans fall apart when she's called to offer stress counseling for medical staff after a heartbreaking daycare center explosion. Worse, she's forced back to the ER, where she clashes with Logan Caldwell, a doctor who believes touchy-feely counseling is a waste of time. He demands his staff be as tough as he is. Yet he finds himself drawn to this nurse educator -- who just might teach him the true meaning of healing"--Page 4 of cover.
"In this novel, a doctor is faced with an ethical dilemma when her friend's child lands in the emergency room"-- Provided by publisher.
