Bibliograph

A pandemic in residence, essays from a Detroit hospital, Selina Mahmood

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A pandemic in residence, essays from a Detroit hospital, Selina Mahmood

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-132)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A pandemic in residence

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1180970530

Responsibility statement

Selina Mahmood

Sub title

essays from a Detroit hospital

Summary

During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Selina Mahmood--in the middle of the first year of her neurology residency--found scraps of time between grueling shifts to write. The resulting A Pandemic in Residence: Essays from a Detroit Hospital is her personal and meticulous document of an unprecedented year in medicine, and the debut of a young and uncommon talent. In the tradition of writers like Oliver Sacks and Paul Kalanithi, Dr. Mahmood takes the science of neurology and spins it into poetry, exploring theories of the mind, Pakistani-American identity, immigration, family, the history of medicine, and, of course, the challenges of becoming a physician in the midst of a global health crisis. Skipping nimbly across continents and drawing inspiration from an array of sources ranging from Thomas Edison to Yuval Harari to Beyoncé, she has with this collection crafted an elegant, incisive, utterly original investigation into our universal search for meaning. -- Back cover

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