It takes the average reader 7 hours and 46 minutes to read Diary 1999 by Renée Richards
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Her hospital was for sale. She tried to save it.Strabismus was a mystery. She worked at solving it.In 1999 Dr. Renée Richards kept a detailed diary of her personal and professional life. An internationally renowned eye surgeon and instructor, her specialty was childhood strabismus, a condition where the eyes do not property align. It proved to be an eventful year.Medical practices were under immense pressure to see more patients and produce more revenue. This did not serve patients well, Dr. Richards believed. She refused to change.The Manhattan Eye Ear & Throat Hospital-where Dr. Richards had helped pioneer a world class residency in eye surgery-was for sale. She rebelled and was part of a determined group of physicians attempting to save the institution.Her passion to alleviate childhood strabismus demanded more research. Dr. Richards poured additional time and effort into developing new methodologies and techniques while shuttling between her clinics in Manhattan and near her home in the Hudson Valley.Somehow, she managed to find time for friends, golf, and tennis.Best practices, professional rebellion, and the advancement of medicine are movingly linked by the day-to-day events of Dr. Renée Richard's personal life and relationships. Read more in this eye-opening medical memoir.
Diary 1999 by Renée Richards is 456 pages long, and a total of 116,736 words.
This makes it 154% the length of the average book. It also has 143% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 37 minutes to read Diary 1999 aloud.
Diary 1999 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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