Sandwiched between Dr. Samuel Shem's hilarious "the House of God" and Dr. Eric Manheimer's "Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital" Dr. Stewart Lazow's "A Surgeon's Memoir: 40 Years at the County" takes us on the author's convoluted journey to becoming professor, vice chairman, oral&maxillofacial surgery residency program director, and director of service at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Throughout his forty years as a surgeon, Dr. Lazow witnessed countless patient encounters- some comical, some tragic, some that confirmed his faith in the human spirit- in addition to shocking resident foibles. He had his share of rewarding cases and heartbreaking failures. He was utterly dismayed by a fractured, grossly inefficient healthcare delivery system.
The County wasn't for everyone. He was just a "County guy."
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