Mount Misery by Samuel Shem (English) Paperback Book

Description: Mount Misery by Samuel Shem Basch believes that he can find meaning here, but in an enclosed world which has lost its head, he soon finds that survival, not meaning, is the most valuable lesson he will learn.Mount Misery is hilarious, provocative and terrifying. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A blackly comic tour de force which does for psychiatrists what Catch-22 did for war.Welcome to Mount Misery psychiatric hospital, home of the crazed, the suicidal, the Machiavellian and the wicked. And thats just the doctors. For Dr Roy Basch, proudly starting his residency there, it is a bewildering and nightmarish experience. The different disciplines appear to compete with one another to find the best ways to reduce the patients to gibbering wrecks. As he immerses himself in the system, he discovers that the process of treating the patients has less to do with making them better and more with maintaining the flow of insurance company money. Basch believes that he can find meaning here, but in an enclosed world which has lost its head, he soon finds that survival, not meaning, is the most valuable lesson he will learn.Mount Misery is hilarious, provocative and terrifying. Filled with biting irony and a wonderful sense of the absurd, it is an absorbing and authentic report from within the crumbling fortress of psychiatry and tells you everything youll never learn in therapy. And its a hell of a sight funnier too. Back Cover Welcome to Mount Misery psychiatric hospital, home of the crazed, the suicidal, the Machiavellian and the wicked. And thats just the doctors. For Dr Roy Basch, proudly starting his residency there, it is a bewildering and nightmarish experience. The different disciplines appear to compete with one another to find the best ways to reduce the patients to gibbering wrecks. As Basch immerses himself in the system, he discovers that the process of treating the patients has less to do with making them better and more with maintaining the flow of insurance company money. Basch believes that he can find meaning here, but in a world which has lost its head, he soon finds that survival, not meaning, is the most valuable lesson he will learn.Mount Misery is hilarious, provocative and terrifying. Filled with biting irony and a wonderful sense of the absurd, it is an absorbing and authentic report from within the crumbling fortress of psychiatry and tells you everything youll never learn in therapy. And its a hell of a sight funnier too. Author Biography Samuel Shem (Stephen Bergman M.D.) graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College and earned a Ph.D in physiology from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He graduated from Harvard Medical School. He is the author of the novels The House of God, Mount Misery and Fine, and seven plays, including, with Janet Surrey, Bill W. and Dr. Bob. He is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and the Stone Centre, Wellesley College. He lives near Boston with his wife and daughter. Review An engrossing read...darkly entertaining...One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest for the 90s * San Diego Union Tribune *Provocative, complex and disturbing...[Shem] writes with enough passion that we care and enough wisdom that we are able to understand * American Oxonian *Outrageously funny...a sage and important book * The Boston Globe * Promotional A blackly comic tour de force which does for psychiatrists what Catch-22 did for war. Review Text An engrossing read...darkly entertaining...One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest for the 90s Review Quote An engrossing read...darkly entertaining...One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest for the 90s Promotional "Headline" A blackly comic tour de force which does for psychiatrists what Catch-22 did for war. Details ISBN055277622X Pages 576 Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd ISBN-10 055277622X ISBN-13 9780552776226 Format Paperback Year 2009 Publication Date 2009-09-29 Imprint Black Swan Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Language English UK Release Date 2009-09-29 AU Release Date 2009-09-29 NZ Release Date 2009-09-29 Author Samuel Shem Alternative 9781409091493 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:33886457;

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