Ward No 6  

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Crichton, Paul

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Medical Journal (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 336 no. 7634 (Jan. 2008), page 49.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: B16.K.2008.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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The hero, or rather antihero, of Anton Chekhov’s short story "Ward No 6" is Dr Andrey Yefimitch Ragin. He is put in charge of a provincial hospital where the stench and overcrowding would make even the most squalid NHS hospital seem a haven of salubrity. He begins work with zeal and vigour but gradually becomes worn down by the "monotony and obvious uselessness" of the work. His life changes when he admits Ivan Dmitritch Gromov, an intelligent young man with paranoid delusions, to the almost forgotten ward 6, which is housed in a small lodge in the hospital yard. It consists of one room with five mentally disordered inmates under the supervision of a warder, Nikita, who beats them regularly. Dr Ragin stops going to the hospital daily but begins visiting ward 6. Here he has spirited discussions with Gromov in which he defends a version of stoicism, according to . . .

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