These are some of my favorite medicine related books to read for leisure. A lot of Atul Gawande…okay it’s mostly Atul Gawande. But also a biography of cancer, what happens when a young doctor is diagnosed with cancer, and a little bit of philosophy. Great finds for anyone in or outside of the medical field alike.
Medical Axioms
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance
When Breath Becomes Air
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Heart Matters: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon
Thinking, Fast and Slow
How Doctors Think
Abraham Verghese
Others to look at include Gut, The Gene and Dueling Neurosurgeons. Think you will enjoy as well. Jeff Mendelsohn
I’ll check them out! Thanks for the recommendation
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Do No Harm by Dr. Henry Marsh is probably one of my favorite books, period, but that’s probably biased coming from an aspiring neurosurgeon. 1000 Naked Strangers and Lights and Sirens are really good books written from the pre-hospital setting as well.
Thanks for the recs! I’ll check them out