The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician's First Year
By: Matt McCarthy
3.31
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In medical school, Matt McCarthy dreamed of being a different kind of doctor--the sort of mythical,…
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By: Atul Gawande
4.49
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
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"Endings matter, not just for the person but, perhaps even more, for the ones left behind."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"Death, of course, is not a failure. Death is normal. Death may be the enemy, but it is also the natural order of things."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"He moved his line in the sand. This is what it means to have autonomy -- you may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with …"-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2. The House of God
By: John Updike , Samuel Shem
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
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3. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
By: Atul Gawande , None
3.98
Format: 574 pages,
In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medic… read more
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4. Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
By: Henry Marsh
3.69
Format: 192 pages,
What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cu… read more
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5. Confessions of a Surgeon: The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated...Life Behind the O.R. Doors
By: Paul A. Ruggieri
4.00
Format: 256 pages,
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6. What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine
By: Danielle Ofri
4.10
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
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7. Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis
By: Lisa Sanders
4.15
Format: 32 pages,
A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School … read more
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9. The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician's First Year
By: Matt McCarthy
3.31
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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10. The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital
By: Alexandra Robbins
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
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11. Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
By: Atul Gawande
4.00
Format: 96 pages,
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12. Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years
By: Michael J. Collins
4.28
Format: 320 pages,
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13. Intern: A Doctor's Initiation
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14. In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope
By: None
4.13
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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15. Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon
By: Henry Marsh
3.44
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
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16. When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery
By: Frank T. Vertosick Jr.
4.10
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17. Code Gray: Death, Life, and Uncertainty in the ER
By: Farzon A. Nahvi
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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18. Diagnosis: Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries
By: Lisa Sanders
4.01
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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19. All Bleeding Stops: Life and Death in the Trauma Unit
By: Stephen M. Cohn
4.09
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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20. Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life
By: Suzanne Koven
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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"Who will I be when I have fewer patients? When I have no patients at all? It's often noted that "practice" as it relates to medicine has two meanings: the act of caring for patients and the doctor's …"-Suzanne Koven, Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life
21. Playing Doctor Medical School: Stumbling Through with Amnesia (Playing Doctor, #1)
By: John Lawrence
4.26
Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition
John's medical memoir was born from chaotic, disjointed, funny and frightening late-night letters t… read more
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