Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures: StoriesWinner of the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize An astonishing literary debut centred around four students as they apply to medical school, qualify as doctors and face the realities of working in medicine, from a powerful voice in fiction. Following the interlinked stories of a group of medical students and the unique challenges they face, from the med school to the intense world of emergency rooms, evac missions, and terrifying new viruses. Riveting, convincing and precise, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures looks with rigorous honesty at the lives of doctors and their patients, bringing us to a deeper understanding of the challenges and temptations that surge around us all. In this masterful collection, Vincent Lam weaves together black humour, investigations of both common and extraordinary moral dilemmas, and a sometimes shockingly realistic portrait of today’s medical profession. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 31 |
Section 3 | 54 |
Section 4 | 89 |
Section 5 | 101 |
Section 6 | 118 |
Section 7 | 163 |
Section 8 | 164 |
Section 10 | 209 |
Section 11 | 234 |
Section 12 | 269 |
Section 13 | 306 |
Section 14 | 339 |
Section 15 | 353 |
Section 16 | 355 |
Section 17 | 357 |
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