Anyone have any suggestions? Serious ones, of course. Thanks!!
2007-07-24 06:33:32 · 7 answers · asked by staci 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
1. Sinclair Lewis' "Arrowsmith"
2. "The House of God" by Samuel Shem (Stephen Bergman)
3. Old Mr. Boston "Deluxe Official Bartender's Guide" (sorry, I couldn't help it)
2007-07-24 08:11:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I haven't read many books about being a doctor, but I suggest watching "Patch Adams" and "The Doctor". These are two very good films about what med school can't teach you about being a good doctor. The second one is about a doctor who is well respected, but when diagnosed with cancer he finds out that while is medical skills were still top notch, he was not a very good physician, but that changed though his experience as a patient.
2007-07-24 13:38:55 · answer #2 · answered by brewers07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I, too, liked Arrowsmith. Also:
Microbe Hunters by Paul DeKruif (This venerable oldie stimulated me and thousands before and after me to become physicians.)
Century of the Surgeon, by Juergen Thorvald
Rats, Lice and History, by Hans Zinsser
Lever 4 by McCormick, Fisher-Hoch and Horvitz, a more contemporary story of modern microbe hunters. Susan Fisher-Hoch and others describe tracking down Ebola and other deadly microbes in darkest Africa.
The Knife Man, a story of 18th century father of modern surgery John Hunter by Wendy Moore.
The Cry and the Covenant by Morton Thompson, a semi-fictionalized story of Ignatz Semmelweiss whose ideas of asepsis pre-dated Pasteur and Lister.
Somewhere there are books about Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman physician in the United States. Stories about Helen Taussig, Virginia Apgar? And of course, about Marie Curie, two time Nobel Prize Winner. I think her daughter wrote a bio of her parents.
2007-07-24 16:37:06 · answer #3 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Complications by Atul Gawande
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story by Ben Carson
2007-07-24 15:06:44 · answer #4 · answered by Nick D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For sure, "The House of God" is a MUST prior to going into a teaching hospital environment. If you find it hysterically funny, as I did, you're ready to be a doc! Also, "The Shattered Mind", by Howard Gardner.
2007-07-24 18:57:22 · answer #5 · answered by holey moley 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd suggest "Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk, or "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey.
2007-07-24 13:41:29 · answer #6 · answered by CrispyEd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The PDR Prescription Book. It will be your best friend.
2007-07-24 15:01:08 · answer #7 · answered by llvllz.Double Dee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋