- David Ansell, County: Life, Death, and Politics at Chicago's Public Hospital
- Rita Charon
- Jerome Groopman, How Doctors Think
- Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains
- Perri Klass
- Bernard Lown, The Lost Art of Healing
- Danielle Ofri
- Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
- Samuel Shem, House of God and Mount Misery
- Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone
What are your favorite books about medicine and health care? Please comment below!
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Travis John carol brink, buffalo coat
Phyllis Ying i started reading "sick" (about health care payment systems), but then i kinda lost steam halfway through. "What patients taught me" was a quick read (it's about a UW student doing rotations in rural sites)
Phyllis Ying oh, and atul gawande's books. I've only read "better" (about innovations and improvements in medicine and healthcare), which I really liked! He has a good writing style.
Dan Winokur Complications is a great Gawande book. Also I recently read a CAM related book of particular interest in regards to Wednesday's educational performance on energy healing, which I am strongly considering as a specialty. It's aptly called Do You Believe in Magic? By Paul Offit. Also Emperor of All Maladies was pretty awesome but a tad on the long side.
Meghan Geary "Revolutionary Doctors" http://monthlyreview.org/press/books/pb2396/ Revolutionary Doctors: How Venezuela and Cuba Are Changing the World’s Conception of Health Care
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