Looking for some good reading material over summer break.

[apremedgirl]

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Alright, so I'm back home from the summer. -I've got a job, am signing up to volunteer at the local hospital and started yoga classes. The only thing missing is some good summer reading. I don't mean just your classic everyone loves to read book, but a good medical type book to keep my mind going and also help me out for the road ahead.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[aznb0y129]

Alright, so I'm back home from the summer. -I've got a job, am signing up to volunteer at the local hospital and started yoga classes. The only thing missing is some good summer reading. I don't mean just your classic everyone loves to read book, but a good medical type book to keep my mind going and also help me out for the road ahead.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

Atul Gawande - Complications
Atul Gawande - Better
Samuel Shem - House of God
Sandeep Jauhar - Intern

 

[Ohio SMP]

Of Human Bondage by William Somerset Maugham - Even though it was written 80 years ago, it's possibly one of the best books I've ever read about someone taking time off before matriculating into medical school.

 

[FeatherPen]

An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison

 

[Forthegood]

Samuel Shem - House of God
Howard Brody- Hooked

After those two, you will be educated enough to switch careers.

 

[dr seuss]

I liked both of Gawande's books. He has a lot of articles that you can read online too, so you could check those out first.

 

[Omni]

If you don't know Michael Chrichton, then you should!
He's written many medical thrillers. He was also the guy who wrote Jurrasic Park (amazing book, a lot better than the movie)
One book of his you should really check out is Prey. A thriller!! One of his best, I'd say.

 

[aznb0y129]

If you don't know Michael Chrichton, then you should!
He's written many medical thrillers. He was also the guy who wrote Jurrasic Park (amazing book, a lot better than the movie)
One book of his you should really check out is Prey. A thriller!! One of his best, I'd say.

Yeah, I read that. I don't know how I feel about nano-robots anymore

 

[turkeyjerky]

How We Die by Sherwin Nuland is one of my favorites.

 

[runrunrudolph1]

house of god. Catch 22. Classics

 

[MalibuPreMD]

Farmer - Pathologies of Power

gives great insight into the structural inequalities that exist for the poor, and how that manifests in unnecessary suffering/disease. Very well written book from an amazing physician

 

[apremedgirl]

I really appreciate such a great response, I am looking forward to taking a closer look at these books and reading them!
If anyone else has any great book ideas, feel free to keep adding to the list. :]