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Baby Doctor

by Perri Klass · 1992

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With her acclaimed novel Other Women's Children and her New York Times columns, Perri Klass has attracted a national audience. Now, writing with her distinctive intelligence, wit, and insight, she chronicles her rite of passage from intern to doctor.rtising.

Subject
biography
Themes
medical
Setting
USA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 330 pages

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