Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 The First Day 5

2 The First Cut 12

3 Some Background 17

4 Codes and Trauma 20

5 Unexpected 29

6 Flame On 32

7 Hospitals Never Close 35

8 Holidays 51

9 Truth in a Bottle 59

10 Match Day 61

11 Bad News 72

12 Amputation 85

13 Communication 90

14 Treating Bad People 110

15 Death 118

16 The Personality of Surgery 139

17 Institutions Have Personalities, Too 177

18 Extracurricular Activities 184

19 Family 190

20 Hospital Roman 197

21 Hierarchy 200

22 Taking Care of Yourself 207

23 Transplant 217

24 Memento 222

25 Strange Memories 228

26 Evidence 232

27 Research 237

28 Generations 242

29 This M&M Isn't Sweet 257

30 The Pause That Protects 262

31 Twenty-First-Century Charts 268

32 Get Me off the Website 277

33 Practice Makes Perfect 279

34 A Discharge 283

35 The Bill 285

36 Planning for the Worst 293

37 Reputations 301

Index 307