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Jocelyn
All bleeding stops. All patients go. All stories end.
When I first began my career as an emergency medicine physician, I found these truths to be irrefutable and self-evident. Like a newly severed spinal cord or the permanent brain injury of the drowned. No amount of my sweat, rage, or medicine could change them.
They just were.
And then I met Jocelyn.
When I first began my career as an emergency medicine physician, I found these truths to be irrefutable and self-evident. Like a newly severed spinal cord or the permanent brain injury of the drowned. No amount of my sweat, rage, or medicine could change them.
They just were.
And then I met Jocelyn.
35 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 19, 2016
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July 30, 2017
If You Read & Enjoyed Dr. Green's "Trauma Room Two", Be Aware That This Is Nothing Like It
Having immensely enjoyed Dr. Green's "Trauma Room Two", a memoir, supposedly based on his experiences as an ER physician, I really looked forward to reading this short story, which I mistakenly assumed would be another-reality based account of his ER experiences. ( long sentence, sorry) Instead, what I encountered was a totally unreal portrayal of a doctor-patient relationship spanning 91 years. More disquieting, however, was that the writing style of this story bore almost no resemblance to the eloquent and thought-provoking narrative of the "Trauma Room" book. Unfortunately, I neglected to check and compare the publicattion dates of these two works and, therefore, don't know which "book" was written first. What I can say about this story is that the writing style is adequate: grammatically accurate, descriptive where it should be, with some creative illusions/allusions - but a far cry from the caliber evidenced in his other work. I recognize that in assigning only a 2-star rating to this story I may at some level be penalizing the author because of my unmet expectations - but the style is so divergent that when combined with the incredulous plot, a 2 is "all I can do".
Having immensely enjoyed Dr. Green's "Trauma Room Two", a memoir, supposedly based on his experiences as an ER physician, I really looked forward to reading this short story, which I mistakenly assumed would be another-reality based account of his ER experiences. ( long sentence, sorry) Instead, what I encountered was a totally unreal portrayal of a doctor-patient relationship spanning 91 years. More disquieting, however, was that the writing style of this story bore almost no resemblance to the eloquent and thought-provoking narrative of the "Trauma Room" book. Unfortunately, I neglected to check and compare the publicattion dates of these two works and, therefore, don't know which "book" was written first. What I can say about this story is that the writing style is adequate: grammatically accurate, descriptive where it should be, with some creative illusions/allusions - but a far cry from the caliber evidenced in his other work. I recognize that in assigning only a 2-star rating to this story I may at some level be penalizing the author because of my unmet expectations - but the style is so divergent that when combined with the incredulous plot, a 2 is "all I can do".
May 22, 2017
Powerful story of a life
I've spent a lazy May afternoon with Phillip Allen Green's stories and I am moved by his views of life through the eyes of an ER doctor. This short novella touched me deeply. Reading the brief, yet poignant encounters between physician and patient gave me insight into the doctor's side of the experience. Highly recommend!
I've spent a lazy May afternoon with Phillip Allen Green's stories and I am moved by his views of life through the eyes of an ER doctor. This short novella touched me deeply. Reading the brief, yet poignant encounters between physician and patient gave me insight into the doctor's side of the experience. Highly recommend!
December 28, 2016
A Life Succinctly Captured
Touching, insightful and beautifully written. Hopefully Dr. Green has many other tales to tell. I highly recommend this short story.
Touching, insightful and beautifully written. Hopefully Dr. Green has many other tales to tell. I highly recommend this short story.
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