The Registrar: A Novel by Neela Janakiramanan

Dedicated and ambitious, Emma Swann is about to start a gruelling year as 
a surgical registrar at the prestigious Mount teaching hospital. She's
excited to join her adored older brother Andy in pursuing the same career
as their father, an eminent surgeon who made his name at The Mount.

But the pressure of living up to his distinguished reputation is nothing
compared with the escalating stress Emma experiences as a registrar.
It's an arduous, unremitting slog of twenty-hour days, punishing schedules,
life and death decisions--and very little assistance, instruction or support
from her superiors, who waste no time pointing out just how superior they
are. Amidst a background culture of humiliation and bullying, being a woman
just makes things worse: misogyny is rife and Emma is subjected to other,
more insidious, kinds of male attention.

As Emma battles overwork, exhaustion and increasing disillusion, she has 
less and less ability and time to care for her patients' welfare, and that of
herself and those she lives. Is it possible for her to be the doctor, wife, sister
and friend she aspires to be in such a broken hospital system? Can she 
salvage her own life while she's trying to save others?
And how can she and her colleagues endure such impossible conditions
without making fatal mistakes?

With the frenetic pace of a psychological thriller, The Registrar offers a rare
insight into the world of a surgeon-in-the-making from one who has survived
it. Told with compassion, skill and emotional heart, this gripping and moving
novel goes behind the headlines to reveal the human experience of being
both doctor and patient in a medical system at breaking point.

Genres: Australia - Medical Fiction - Workplace Drama - Australian Author
Condition: Very good
Published: 2022 by Allen & Unwin
Pages: 355
ISBN: 9781761066511
Weight: 490g