The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down By Anne Fadiman

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Title	:	The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Author	:	Anne Fadiman
ISBN	:	0374525641
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	341

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Lia Lee was born in 1981 to a family of recent Hmong immigrants, and soon developed symptoms of epilepsy By 1988 she was living at home but was brain dead after a tragic cycle of misunderstanding, over medication, and culture clash What the doctors viewed as clinical efficiency the Hmong viewed as frosty arrogance The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is a tragedy Lia Lee was born in 1981 to a family of recent Hmong immigrants, and soon developed symptoms of epilepsy By 1988 she was li...

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The Checklist Manifesto By Atul Gawande

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Title	:	The Checklist Manifesto
Author	:	Atul Gawande
ISBN	:	0805091742
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	208

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The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist

We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face Longer training, ever advanced technologies neither seems to prevent grievous errors But in a hopeful turn, accl

The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications revea...

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Second Opinions By Jerome Groopman

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Title	:	Second Opinions
Author	:	Jerome Groopman
ISBN	:	0140298622
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	256

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A unique insider s view of today s complex and often contentious world of medicine Anxious about the prognosis, lost in a blur of technical jargon, and fatigued from worry or pain, people who are ill are easily overwhelmed by treatment choices Told through eight gripping clinical dramas, Second Opinions reveals the forces at play in making critical medical decisions Dr A unique insider s view of today s complex and often contentious world of medicine Anxious about the prognosis, lost in a...

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The Youngest Science By Lewis Thomas

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Title	:	The Youngest Science
Author	:	Lewis Thomas
ISBN	:	0001402432
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A doctor s fascinating view of what medicine was, and what it has become Thomas first learned about medicine by watching his father practice in an era when doctors comforted rather than healed Looking back upon his experiences as a medical student, young doctor, and senior researcher, Thomas notes that medicine is now rich in possibility and promise....

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The House of God By Samuel Shem

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Title	:	The House of God
Author	:	Samuel Shem
ISBN	:	0385337388
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	416

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The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to know Six eager interns they saw themselves as modern saviors to be They came from the top of their medical school classto the bottom of the hospital staff to serve ayear in the time honored tradition, racing to answerthe flash of on duty call lights and nubilenurses But onl The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to know Six eager interns they saw themselves ...

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Complications By Atul Gawande

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Title	:	Complications
Author	:	Atul Gawande
ISBN	:	0312421702
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	270

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In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel s edge Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is uncertain, perplexing, and profoundly human Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction....

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A History of the Present Illness By Louise Aronson

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Title	:	A History of the Present Illness
Author	:	Louise Aronson
ISBN	:	1608198308
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	259

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A History of the Present Illness takes readers into overlooked lives in the neighborhoods, hospitals, and nursing homes of San Francisco, offering a deeply humane and incisive portrait of health and illness in America today An elderly Chinese immigrant sacrifices his demented wife s well being to his son s authority A busy Latina physician s eldest daughter s need for mo A History of the Present Illness takes readers into overlooked lives in the neighborhoods, hospitals, and nursing homes o...

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Every Patient Tells a Story By Lisa Sanders

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Title	:	Every Patient Tells a Story
Author	:	Lisa Sanders
ISBN	:
Format	:	Kindle Edition
Number of Pages	:	304

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A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column Diagnosis, the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D. The experience of being ill can be like waking up in a foreign country Life, as you formerly knew it, is on hold w A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine phys...

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