medical reading

[lilnoelle]

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Does anyone have any favorite books about medicine. I'm currently reading "Complications, A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science" written by Atul Gawande. It was a gift from some department at the medical school I will be attending next year. It is very good. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants an interesting read.

 

[pnasty]

i liked teh marrow of tradition by charles chestnutt.....its a fiction book, but my favorite book

also a lot of history behind the author that makes it impressive

 

[riceman04]

Does anyone have any favorite books about medicine. I'm currently reading "Complications, A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science" written by Atul Gawande. It was a gift from some department at the medical school I will be attending next year. It is very good. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants an interesting read.

The only part I did not like about that book was the chapter when he went to that conference and he started describing all the corporate booths that were trying to woo the docs to signing up/purchase something...boring....

but besides that, it was a great book!

Here is another book I highly recommend: first do no harm by lisa belkin
that book was awesome...read it in two days...could not put it down.

I hear house of GOD is good!

The scalpel and the silver bear is OK (definitely not on any of the other books that I brought up in this post)

 

[CardiacIntensivist]

I thought "Complications" was excellent especially since I want to be a surgeon. I also liked " Becoming a Doctor" by Melvin Conner. He describes his entire 3rd and 4th year of medical school.

 

[KittycooMD]

It's hard for me to pick a favorite but the most recent I read and liked was "Gifted Hands" by Dr. Ben Carson. We think we're stressed? He was an inner-city kid with bad grades and no direction, who ended up becoming a top neurosugreon at Hopkins! Talk about inspirational!! 👍

 

[NCF145]

"When the Air Hits Your Brain" by Dr. Frank Vertosik (sp?)
"Hot Lights and Cold Steel" by Michael J. Collins

 

[ClockworkDoc]

Singular Intimacies
-Some Chick

 

[MossPoh]

I bought a book about a surgeon in the ddr days which I am eager to read but will probably never get the chance for at least 4 months......I have this awful book buying fetish for some reason..that combined with the fact I have tons of reading in Gender relations in german literature..aka lots of feminist stuff, lit science, post wwII lit, and history...all in german. I doubt I'll get around to reading it for a while..so I'll get back to you. Sorry if I sound bitter..I just got done reading a 10 page story that doesn't have periods... at all. Just uses "and" to connect everything..or rather "und".....no really I'm having fun! üöäß 😎 I get the cool keyboard

 

[panamadoc422]

Does anyone have any favorite books about medicine. I'm currently reading "Complications, A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science" written by Atul Gawande. It was a gift from some department at the medical school I will be attending next year. It is very good. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants an interesting read.

I've read some good ones recently: "Mountains beyond Mountains" is so good it inspired me to read "Pathologies of Power" and "Infections and Inequalities", both by Paul Farmer who is the doctor in Mountains Beyond Mountains. "Polio: An American Story" won the most recent Pulitzer for history. It's a good book about the race between Sabin and Salk to discover the first polio vaccine. "The Great Influenza" takes a scary look at the deadliest epidemic of all time: the 1918 spanish flu outbreak. If you're into Biographies, "Harvey Cushing: A life in surgery" and "William Osler: A life in Medicine" by Michael Bliss are both amazing representations of the two biggest names in American medicine. Going way back to the 1600s is a book about John Hunter "The Knife Man". Finally, if you want to read about one of the biggest mistakes of modern medicine and the man behind it, try "The Lobotomist: Walter Freeman". I've had a pretty lazy semester before starting med school, so I had a chance to read all the books I reccomended. Enjoy

 

[XKV]

I've read some good ones recently: "Mountains beyond Mountains" is so good it inspired me to read "Pathologies of Power" and "Infections and Inequalities", both by Paul Farmer who is the doctor in Mountains Beyond Mountains. "Polio: An American Story" won the most recent Pulitzer for history. It's a good book about the race between Sabin and Salk to discover the first polio vaccine. "The Great Influenza" takes a scary look at the deadliest epidemic of all time: the 1918 spanish flu outbreak. If you're into Biographies, "Harvey Cushing: A life in surgery" and "William Osler: A life in Medicine" by Michael Bliss are both amazing representations of the two biggest names in American medicine. Going way back to the 1600s is a book about John Hunter "The Knife Man". Finally, if you want to read about one of the biggest mistakes of modern medicine and the man behind it, try "The Lobotomist: Walter Freeman". I've had a pretty lazy semester before starting med school, so I had a chance to read all the books I reccomended. Enjoy

Bliss' book on Osler was great - really enjoyed learning about his impact on the evolution of medical education and the early years at JHU.

Agree on Complications by Gawande and House of God by Shem; will add Letters to a Young Doctor and Confessions of A Knife by Selzer; and Why Survive? by Katz;

 

[TypeA]

It's hard for me to pick a favorite but the most recent I read and liked was "Gifted Hands" by Dr. Ben Carson. We think we're stressed? He was an inner-city kid with bad grades and no direction, who ended up becoming a top neurosugreon at Hopkins! Talk about inspirational!! 👍

This was a great book. A very easy read. I also enjoyed his follow up: Dream Big.

 

[sparkysgirl]

This was a great book. A very easy read. I also enjoyed his follow up: Dream Big.

I third this notion, it's a great book.