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The Soul of a Doctor: Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death
Algonquin Books, 2006
A unique and intimate look into the experiences of physicians-in-training
+ The Soul of a Doctor: Harvard medical Students Face Life and Death
+ A gift
If you ever wondered what it feels like to become a physician, I would highly recommend reading this book. Not designed to be entertaining but is instead an intimate look into the real life experiences of young and idealistic medical students as they move from the classroom to encounter the ...
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Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs
Jerry Avorn
Vintage, 2005
Compelling, Insightful and Timely
+ Spectacular reveal of Prescription World
+ good suggestions to solve the health cost problem
One of those rare productions that provides insight into the discipline while holding the interest of the reader. A must read for anyone involved in the health care industry.
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Trust Is Not Enough: Bringing Human Rights to Medicine
David J. Rothman, Sheila M. Rothman
New York Review Books, 2005
Addresses the issues at the heart of international medicine and social responsibility. During the last half-century many international declarations have proclaimed health care to be a fundamental human right. But high aspirations repeatedly confront harsh realities, in societies both rich and poor. To illustrate this disparity, David and Sheila Rothman bring together stories from their ...
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The Medical Detective
Sandra Hempel
Granta Books, 2007
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The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness
Jerome Groopman
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005
Riveting examination of the mind/body connection ...
+ A Fantastic Read for Both Patients and Doctors!
+ Excellent book
+ Moving and thought-provoking stories, overall quick read
+ Let us Run with Hope
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Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery
Richard Selzer
Harcourt, 1996
Lessons of our own mortality and the human condition
+ Beautiful book
+ reality of human life
+ Must read for all medical professionals
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The Medical Detectives (Plume)
Berton Roueche
Plume, 1991
Deadly fogs, horrible diseases, and brilliant medical detectives
+ Recommended by Experts to Medical Students
+ "House" without the snark
+ Awesome!
+ Wonderful Book!
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The Doctor Stories
Richard Selzer
Picador, 1999
Interesting book, but not all "doctor" stories
+ Beautiful
When I bought this book I was expecting stories of a primarily doctor's point of view. Though all of the stories, detail various medical conditions, they are not always from the perspective of the doctor. This is also a mostly fictional work. (I'm sure if I read the back cover I would have found ...
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The Mind of a Mnemonist: A Little Book about a Vast Memory
Aleksandr R. Luria, Jerome Bruner
Harvard University Press, 2006
Just one story
+ A little book about S
+ Fascinating case study and book
+ Very Interesting
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Hippocratic Writings (Penguin Classics)
Various
Penguin Classics, 1984
Ancient Book that Remains Relevant
+ Taste of Ancient Western Medicine
For a book compiled in the 4th/3rd centuries B.C. it is interesting (but not surprising) how relevant this book remains, for sickness and the effort to heal are enduring aspects of the human condition.
"The Oath" at the beginning sets out some basic precepts, including: "I will not give a fatal ...
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The Measure of Our Days: A Spiritual Exploration of Illness
Jerome Groopman
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998
Message of hope in the human spirit
+ Touching and thought-provoking
+ The most touching book on relationships between a good doctor and his patients...
+ Departing into darkness
+ inspiring tales of truth and human dignity
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The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review
Bellevue Literary Press, 2008
Profoundly Moving
+ Brilliant, tragic, familiar, yet soothing
A 2008 anthology of ~90 short stories, essays, and poems drawn from the NYU School of Medicine's semi-annual literary journal.
Each entry deals in some way with illness or coping, although sometimes minimally and often peripherally. There are doctors and hospitals, but most of the pieces are ...
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MMR
Richard Horton
Granta Books, 2004
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Awakenings
Oliver Sacks
Vintage, 1999
The book version of the movie
+ A deeper dive into the disease
+ Most of the people who bought this book...........
+ Great book from a great writer!
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Treatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor (Letters to a Young...)
Perri Klass
Basic Books, 2008
"When all else fails, look at the patient."
+ Excellent
+ The Doctor as The Mom Next Door
Harvard Medical School graduate Perri Klass is a pediatrician as well as a wife and mother. In "Treatment Kind and Fair--Letters to a Young Doctor," the author shares the considerable wisdom that she has acquired over the years. Dr. Klass practiced primary care pediatrics in Boston for more than a ...
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