The New York Times recently reviewed a book entitled Reflections on Doctors: Nurses’ Stories About Physicians and Surgeons. I decided I had to check it out for myself.

In this book the editor, Terry Ratner, has gathered a collection of stories and anectdotes about the working relationship between physicians and nurses.  The editor poses the question:

Has the working relationship between doctors and nurses really changed from the older patriarchal tone of the classic television shows depicting sovreign rulership and sexual escapades between all knowing physicians and their hospital servants in their neatly pressed white uniforms?

The book contains 19 short essays written nurses on the front lines, depicting their encounters with physicians both positive and negative.  Featuring stories from as far afield as public health, home birth, and missions of mercy in Kosovo, the book represents a view into the inherent differences in the clinical approaches to patient care between two very different medical professions.

This book represents an excellent resource of insight and entertainment for nurses and those in nursing schools. There are many more stories than just the 19 stories mentioned here.

What are your stories?  Share them with me here at the Nursing Show.  You can comment on them using the comments link below or you can contact me by email and send them along to Comments@NursingShow.com