A Thousand White Dawns - Carson C. T. Collins
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This is a story about six men who went to a medical college in Texas during the 1970s. It is blackly humorous and often shocking as it examines the hidden side of medical education and its effects on the lives of students and patients in a university hospital. Those who read it may never again feel quite the same about doctors. The main character has enrolled in order to avoid military service during the Vietnam War; thus, he sees medical school from the unique viewpoint of an insider who as yet has no desire to become part of the system. He soon finds himself locked in a fiercely competitive…mehr

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This is a story about six men who went to a medical college in Texas during the 1970s. It is blackly humorous and often shocking as it examines the hidden side of medical education and its effects on the lives of students and patients in a university hospital. Those who read it may never again feel quite the same about doctors. The main character has enrolled in order to avoid military service during the Vietnam War; thus, he sees medical school from the unique viewpoint of an insider who as yet has no desire to become part of the system. He soon finds himself locked in a fiercely competitive academic struggle that absorbs and eventually obsesses him. When the war ends, he is halfway through the program. No longer able to walk away, he decided to stay on. He makes a promise to himself: to retain his individuality and to never become an apologist for the establishment. In spite of this, he is gradually corrupted and becomes involved in some very questionable activities. Finally, the protagonist reaches his turning point and acts to expose a case of human experimentation whose subjects-patients on a cancer ward-have not given their informed consent. His medical career ends when he is cast out as a result of what has probably been the first moral act of his life.
Autorenporträt
Carson C.T. Collins/About the Author Artist/Author/Scholar (11/25/1953 - 06/19/2015) Carson's true passion was his time spent over 38 years from 1977-2015, working on 260 paintings on the Ocean Series, while living in seven countries. A Thousand White Dawns was written in 1987 and inspired from his experiences while attending medical school in Texas in the early 1970's. Artist's Statement: "The ocean as life: the sea in our blood, the birth of life. The rocking of the waves, the cradle of life. The ocean is the mother of all living things. The ocean as life's journey: adventure, danger, the crossing of the great water. The desire to go beyond, to leave the old world behind and discover something new and exotic; the call of the sea. The eroticism of the ocean: it can be wild, pounding, violent and terrifying, or warm, buoyant, gentle in its swaying and lapping motions; the calm after the storm." Carson C.T. Collins: devoted, passionate, warm and literate. Humorous with his many interesting stories to tell. For more information, readers may visit: www.theoceanseries.com