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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

Austin, Paul, 1955–
Something for the pain: one doctor’s account
of life and death in the ER / Paul Austin.
p.; cm.
1. Austin, Paul, 1955–2. Emergency physicians—United
States—Biography. I. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Austin, Paul, 1955–2. Emergency Medicine—Personal
Narratives. 3. Emergency Treatment—psychology—Personal Narratives.
4. Physician-Patient Relations—Personal Narratives. 5. Physicians—
Personal Narratives. WZ 100 A937a 2008]
R154.A92A3 2008
616.02'5092—dc22
[B]
                                  2008020114

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