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Contagion (1996), Chromosome 6 (1997) and Foreign Body (2008). Taken from Amazon.com based on a. Wikipedia posting. Robin Cook md.com/. Anthropology at Cambridge University and writing at MIT. His novels include. Next, State of Fear, Prey, Timeline. Jurassic Park, and The Andromeda Strain.
Order of Robin Cook Books. Robin Cook is an American physician-turned-author who writes medical thrillers. His goal as a novelist is to educate his readers on important (and controversial) medical issues while entertaining them at the same time. He considers himself a doctor who became a novelist rather than a novelist who studied medicine. I love Robin Cook's books. He is credited with being the creator of the modern 'medical horror.' I love all his books and I very much enjoyed reading OUTBREAK. This book is not suitable to readers under the age of eighteen as the situations are adult in nature and eerily plausible.
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The nurse's voice on the phone is desperate, but young Dr. Peters, in his first weeks of internship, is only bone-tired and a little afraid. He has forgotten when he last slept. Yet he knows that in the coming hours he will have to make life-or-death decisions regarding patients, assist contemptuous surgeons in the operating room, deal with nurses who may know more than he...more
Published September 1st 1973 by G.P. Putnam's Sons (first published 1972)
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Mar 05, 2014Joe rated it liked it
I hope Robin Cook got it all out here. This book is a constant gripe against medical school, the inadequate training that interns get during 24 hour shifts where mistakes get made and private doctors deliberately obscure the training that interns are there to receive. Cook says this book is a true story, fictional characters, but this is really the way it is. The medical student with high ideals is spit out the end of the year of internship demoralized, disillusioned and disrespectful. Even thou...more
Jan 01, 2013Gretchen Stokes rated it it was amazing
Essential to understand the brain and personality change that is part of becoming a MD.
Dec 06, 2012Em*bedded-in-books* rated it really liked it
It was a nostalgic read. I remembered my internship completed a decade and a half ago. Peter starts as a new surgery intern who is wrought out by the day to day problems of surgical ICU and trauma care centres with hoards of surgeries, dressings, sutures etc. piling up, faster than he can finish them. He is too exhausted even to think about his work. He has to deal with life threatening situations, mostly alone, with minimal help from superiors. How he survives the year of internship and emerges...more
I think this one earned only two stars because of mismanaged expectations. I pick up a Robin Cook and I expect a medical thriller. I kept reading and reading waiting for the story to pick up but the torrent of medical stories kept coming and coming. I finally flipped over to the back cover and realized that this is really a precursor to the medical blog and not a thriller at all. Some of the medical stories were interesting but there was a bit of repetition of ideas and I really could have done...more
Aug 23, 2010Lloyd rated it really liked it
Technically a fiction book, but in the introduction, Cook says that most of the chronicles of the year of protagonist Dr. Peters' internship were actual experiences of him and his friends.
This book deftly shows us in one fell swoop how unsure some medical practices are and how absolutely doggedly young interns must press on through their first year before becoming residents.
It's all at once frightening, compelling, and educational. Cook doesn't curb the medical lingo, but still keeps it readable...more
This book deftly shows us in one fell swoop how unsure some medical practices are and how absolutely doggedly young interns must press on through their first year before becoming residents.
It's all at once frightening, compelling, and educational. Cook doesn't curb the medical lingo, but still keeps it readable...more
so relatable...simply loved the book....his struggle, frustration, emotional dilemma, triumph and finally survival as an intern to resident..the book succeeds in telling how the system kills the empathy in you at some or the other time...although the intern seemed very frivolous and careless at times to me..like when he wasnt sure whether his patient was dead or alive,he could have simply got an EKG and confirmed rather than speculating....anyway i loved his hilarious acts in his ER posting... :...more
I'm hoping to get into medical school, which especially made this book impotent for me. The story of an Intern at a Hawaiian hospital. This story is humorous, darkly introspective and opens up the world and mind of the average intern. Being on-call, dealing with death, coping with a social life (or lack of one). This is a book that I have already read twice and shall keep on my Favorites list for many years to come.
Dec 28, 2017Elusive rated it really liked it
In 'The Year of the Intern', Dr. Peters is an ambitious young intern in a community teaching hospital in Hawaii. Initially, he is driven by the desire to save and help people. However, his busy schedule leads to stress and fatigue hence gradually changing him into the type of doctor he never wanted to be - one who's detached and views each case as a specific disease or procedure instead of a sick human being whose health matters.
Written based on the author's personal experience, this book provid...more
Written based on the author's personal experience, this book provid...more
This book is fictional only because names and other details were changed. It covers the life of an intern (doctor just out of medical school) in his dramatic daily routine. The lead character, Dr. Peters, experiences what the author and his fellow interns at the time went through. I found this as gripping as his thrillers, and a fascinating study of personalities and adverse working conditions. Though the book wasn’t a story as much as a series of events, it kept me in suspense about how Peters...more
Aug 30, 2017Jared Deocareza rated it really liked it
I started reading this book in January, now I'm finally done with it. This book is a lot to swallow as a student nurse with little to no idea what the intern (doctor) is describing and telling his readers. Although a handful are known to me which requires me to grab my thick books randomly or consult Mr Google for quick review — it was definitely worth it because I got to be in a doctor's head for a while. This books actually adds on to my checklist whether I'd still push through medical school...more
An extremely interesting semi-autobiographical by Robin Cook. Explains with some exaggerated detail the travails of an intern, trying to cram as much practical knowledge about medicine, surgery and emergency services in the 1 year of sleepless drill in a hospital. And the psychological upheavals he is subjected to, the fundamental doubts about his life and profession that crop up from time to time and the manner in which he tries to blank them all out by mindless sex and surfing. Doesn't spare a...more
Jan 10, 2018Janice Godinho rated it it was amazing
I've always known that Lives of Medical professionals aren't easy.. But to read in depth about their lifestyle's, their pains, their struggles and the consequential indifference brought on by their jobs is heart breaking. Based entirely on the US model of medical professionalism, while reading i was silently hoping the Indian medical scenario is a little better.
The book itself is a wonderful read, another masterpiece from Robin Cook!
The book itself is a wonderful read, another masterpiece from Robin Cook!
An interesting insight in the hard life of an intern in an American hospital. I have no doubt that is largely an accurate reflection of the hardships, doubts and frustrations of an intern, as Cook emphasizes several times in his for- and afterword. A real let down is the fact that there is a lot of repetitiveness in the situations, getting boring, making me loose sympathy for Dr. Peters. The Year of the Intern also feels a bit outdated, and I wonder if it is still that bad. Or worse.
it took me years to track down a copy to of this book to read since Cook is one of my favorite authors. The story was good and well written, with good details of whats going on. being honest if i would have read this as the first Cook book i ever read i may not feel as in love with him as i did.
I LOVED this book. I have medical background, so im aware of all of the terminology the author uses. The description he uses about the intern, Dr. Peter's, is a great one.
A total shock expecting another of Robin Cook's mystery novels, but an excellent story of a year in the life of an intern through the three days presented.
Jun 21, 2019Ajitabh Pandey rated it it was ok Shelves: ebook, thriller, fiction, medical-thriller
This is not a thriller but more of a diary. This book covers daily struggles in the life of a medical intern.
'Dr. Peters, the patient has stopped breathing and doesn't have a pulse!'
The nurse's voice on the phone is desperate, but young Dr. Peters, in his first weeks of internship, is only bone-tired and a little afraid. He has forgotten when he last slept. Yet he knows that in the coming hours he will have to make life-or-death decisions regarding patients, assist contemptuous surgeons in the operating room, deal with nurses who may know more than he does, cope with worried relatives and friends of th...more
The nurse's voice on the phone is desperate, but young Dr. Peters, in his first weeks of internship, is only bone-tired and a little afraid. He has forgotten when he last slept. Yet he knows that in the coming hours he will have to make life-or-death decisions regarding patients, assist contemptuous surgeons in the operating room, deal with nurses who may know more than he does, cope with worried relatives and friends of th...more
Jun 13, 2015Laurie Stoll rated it really liked it
I read this book probably 30 years ago. I was quite young at the time I first read The Year of the Intern. With the passage of 30 years, life experiences, maturity, etc., I chose to re-read this book.
Although this book was published in 1973, I imagine much of this story is still fairly accurate. Of course, science and technology have advanced by leaps and bounds, I believe the life of a medical student, intern, and then resident depicted here are still fairly accurate.
One of my 'life experiences...more
Although this book was published in 1973, I imagine much of this story is still fairly accurate. Of course, science and technology have advanced by leaps and bounds, I believe the life of a medical student, intern, and then resident depicted here are still fairly accurate.
One of my 'life experiences...more
Jan 31, 2011Vicki G rated it it was amazing
If you work in allied health care, this book brings back memories of what doing clinical interns was like.
I'm not a doctor but, as a paramedic, you have to have a certain number of hours working w/ actual patients before you're allowed to get your license.
You have to work in both the emergency room and the operating room, mostly as an observer, but you have to intubate patients who are under anesthesia.
That was my favorite kind of patient as an intern, b/c everybody was too afraid to let me do a...more
I'm not a doctor but, as a paramedic, you have to have a certain number of hours working w/ actual patients before you're allowed to get your license.
You have to work in both the emergency room and the operating room, mostly as an observer, but you have to intubate patients who are under anesthesia.
That was my favorite kind of patient as an intern, b/c everybody was too afraid to let me do a...more
Nov 16, 2009Shonali rated it really liked it
Summary of the book : Silas Marner , a wrongly accused weaver makes a new home for himself at Raveloe and comes to acquire a small fortune which he guards very dearly. When he gets robbed of his treasure he feels that nothing good can ever happen in his life. Until a little girl with golden hair ends up on his door step. The girl whom he names Eppie becomes the centre of his life only to be brought face to face with a reality that threatens to take Eppie out of his life.
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Jul 26, 2010Jennifer rated it it was ok
The Year of the Intern reads like a non-fiction memoir-like account of a medical intern. It focuses on the dull, day to day life of an intern that we've all seen countless times on medical television shows like ER. Robin Cook fans are used to his fast-paced thrillers and this early book is nothing like his more recent novels.
The Year of the Intern looks at the stressful and exhausting job a surgical intern has. The book focuses on Dr. Peters' fear and his grief at the loss of patients. It's disc...more
The Year of the Intern looks at the stressful and exhausting job a surgical intern has. The book focuses on Dr. Peters' fear and his grief at the loss of patients. It's disc...more
I became a Robin Cook fan when a former student who was the wife of a local physician suggested I read 'Mutation' many years ago. I did and it was and is one of my favorite science fiction books. Year of the Intern is one of his oldest books. He is a physician and wrote this book in a semi-autobiographical manner describing the internship year of a medical doctor back when the 80 hours per week limit was not in place. It is a book full of the medical experiences of a first year physician and pul...more
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Things that I liked: that it was preachy, that it was flat and lifeless in keeping with its theme
Things I didn't like: not much, actually, although I didn't exactly love it
It's interesting that the book is flat and lifeless, that the character of the doctor is flat and lifeless, because this book is semi-autobiographical. It seems like the process of becoming an MD could make you that kind of writer.
What can a year do to a person?
The last part of the book, the preachiest part, was fascinating. T...more
Things I didn't like: not much, actually, although I didn't exactly love it
It's interesting that the book is flat and lifeless, that the character of the doctor is flat and lifeless, because this book is semi-autobiographical. It seems like the process of becoming an MD could make you that kind of writer.
What can a year do to a person?
The last part of the book, the preachiest part, was fascinating. T...more
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'Dr Peters, the patient has stopped breathing and doesn't have a pulse!'
The nurse's voice on the phone is desperate, but young Dr Peters, in his first weeks of internship, is only bonetired and a little afraid. He has forgotten when he last slept. Yet he knows that in the coming hours he will have to make life-or-death decisions regarding patients, assist contemptuous surgeons in the operating room, deal with nurses who may know more than he does, cope with worried relatives and...more
'Dr Peters, the patient has stopped breathing and doesn't have a pulse!'
The nurse's voice on the phone is desperate, but young Dr Peters, in his first weeks of internship, is only bonetired and a little afraid. He has forgotten when he last slept. Yet he knows that in the coming hours he will have to make life-or-death decisions regarding patients, assist contemptuous surgeons in the operating room, deal with nurses who may know more than he does, cope with worried relatives and...more
Nov 24, 2013Roberta rated it really liked it
I read Cook's medical thrillers, and I like them. As many others around here I was surprised to learn that his first book is more of a memoir.
Peters live through his intern year in a way less fashionable than his colleagues in Greys' Anatomy, but the story is much more interesting. TV is presenting us young wannabes full of stamina, and passion, and motivation, no matter how many hours of sleep they get at night. This intern, however, needs to sleep. He needs to shave. He needs to keeps his hea...more
Peters live through his intern year in a way less fashionable than his colleagues in Greys' Anatomy, but the story is much more interesting. TV is presenting us young wannabes full of stamina, and passion, and motivation, no matter how many hours of sleep they get at night. This intern, however, needs to sleep. He needs to shave. He needs to keeps his hea...more
Mar 14, 2015Debra Barstad rated it really liked it
This book was interesting because it examined what interns go through while becoming doctors. Its hard to believe that such a profession makes a person work as much as they do as interns without sleep and be able to diagnosis patients correctly. I would question the outcome if it were me and it was apparent that the doctor was half asleep while working on me. I would recommend this book to anyone that wants to see how we as a society take interns for granted and and to see what they go through d...more
May 15, 2018Staša rated it it was amazing
Honestly people that are not in a medical profession may not get this, they may say it's all untrue, they may say this is way too fictionalized.
Guys when a person in medicine from Europe says it's all true here (the behavior of senior doctors, the patients, the worry of being on-call, the resentment, the deep-bone tiredness, the resentment you start feeling for people), it's ALL true.
The medical system wherever you are puts you through a grinder and makes you weep and curse you ever took med-sch...more
Even though it's dated, this is Robin Cook's fabulous first book. Although the main character is a work of fiction, he is admittedly a mix of the author's own experiences in medical school and internship as well as other medical student's experiences.
A brutal look at the medical teaching environment outside of the classroom, when an intern with little practical knowledge and training is left to field 100+ patients over a 24 hr shift, I would love to know how, or if, anything has changed since th...more
A brutal look at the medical teaching environment outside of the classroom, when an intern with little practical knowledge and training is left to field 100+ patients over a 24 hr shift, I would love to know how, or if, anything has changed since th...more
As I hesitate to pigeonhole this debut novel in the horror genre, may we all revel in its real-life madness. Cook lures us into the world of the undesirable ER, a room of ghastly horrors only real people can experience and its readers can sympathize in wide-eyed amazement what doctors and nurses endure in sometimes 24-hour increments. Similarly effective as Turow's 'One L', medicine to law notwithstanding.
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Librarian Note: Not to be confused with British novelist Robin Cook a pseudonym of Robert William Arthur Cook.
Dr. Robin Cook (born May 4, 1940 in New York City, New York) is an American doctor / novelist who writes about medicine, biotechnology, and topics affecting public health.
He is best known for being the author who created the medical-thriller genre by combining medical writing with the thri...more
Dr. Robin Cook (born May 4, 1940 in New York City, New York) is an American doctor / novelist who writes about medicine, biotechnology, and topics affecting public health.
He is best known for being the author who created the medical-thriller genre by combining medical writing with the thri...more
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