The Most Unfeeling Doctor in the World Nominated for Top 50 Must-Read Books for Nurses in 2012

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I belatedly checked my Olo Books e-mail and found this:
 
Hello Melissa,
 
I work for lvntorn.net , a site focused on being a resource for current and prospective nurses. Through our own exhaustive research and for the benefit of our readers, we’re developing a list of acclaimed and notable books for nurses and nursing students entitled Top 50 Must-Read Books for Nurses in 2012.
 
We are pleased to inform you that we have nominated The Most Unfeeling Doctor in the World for inclusion on our list!
 
Should your book be included on the final list, we’ll provide you with a badge for you to display on your website.
 
Once the list is published, we’ll be reaching out to nursing students and professionals, to ensure maximum recognition for the books and authors included. If you have anyone else in mind that you’d wish to nominate for inclusion, please let us know. We’re still in the information-gathering phase.
 
Thank You,
Erin
 
 
How’s that for amazing?
By the way, “Unfeeling Doctor” is now available in paperback:
http://www.amazon.com/Unfeeling-Doctor-World-Emergency-Volume/dp/1475122322/
 
Thanks, world!

Contest! Code Blues/The Devil’s in the Details

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ANNOUNCING THE CODE BLUES CONTEST:  THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS.

Do you have funny/sad/horrific/otherwise memorable medical detail that you noticed, either as a patient or a health care practitioner, that you’d like to share?
Dr. Greg Smith wrote to me after reading my medical thriller, Code Blues:
I really enjoyed Code Blues.  A bit surreal reading and picturing the areas of [our hospital] that had influenced things….I wished that the oven mitts as obstetric stirrups had made it in, but one can’t have everything, I suppose.  Maybe that was only my exam room….
In mine, they were oven mitts.  Mismatched oven mitts.  With no light, so you had to use one of those sproingy desk lamps things to case into the mysterious cavern.  When I started practice and had an actual light on my speculum, it was a true revelation when I could actually SEE the cervix.
I don’t remember any oven mitts in my exam room.
But I remember plenty of grotty details I’ve seen before and since!  Would you like to share yours?

Post your detail in the comments section at Olo Books by midnight on October 31st to win!

If you want to be anonymous, Tweet me your entry at dr_sassy and I’ll strip your ID before I post it.
If you post here or on Facebook instead, that’s fine, as long as you know that I will amalgamate all details on this page of the Olo Books website.
No purchase necessary.
Anyone aged 18 & over may enter to win.
Second & Third Prize:  your detail will be included in one of my upcoming essays/stories. In other words, everlasting literary fame and fortune.
First Prize: not only will your detail will be included in one of my essays/stories, but you have the right to name a character after yourself or someone else (slander excluded).  So, even more fame and fortune.  And…a free e-copy of Code Blues!  If you already had the good taste to buy Code Blues, you may substitute a free e-book of your choice from Olo Books.
If you want to see what details are already included in Code Blues, it’s available on the Kindle or Smashwords (the latter does all epub formats) with free samples.  The sequel, Notorious D.O.C., has just been released as well on Kindle and on Smashwords.  Or right on this website, I’ve got the first three chapters of Code Blues and Notorious D.O.C.
Just in case you were wondering, the sequel is called Notorious D.O.C. both because Hope has already become a notorious doctor and also as a reference to Notorious C.H.O., Margaret Cho’s hilarious tour, who was of course riffing on Notorious B.I.G.
Thanks for reading this, and good luck!