Contents

Prologue : The patient

Part I. Medical school, the preclinical years : Box of bones ; History of present illness : Lub dub

Part II. Medical school, the clinical years : Small adults ; All bleeding stops eventually ; Insensible losses ; Fixed false beliefs : When are you a real doctor?

Part III. Residency : The feathered edge ; Wish, worry, wonder

Epilogue

Acknowledgments.