The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Medical Specialty10 reviews Brian Freeman McGraw-Hill Medical, 2007 Yep, it is THE ultimate guide + A Great Reference for 95% of US Medical Students + Great book for students starting med school + Medical Specialty + One of the better books on comparing specialties             The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales111 reviews Oliver Sacks Touchstone, 1998 What the maladaptive can teach us + At times dry, but very interesting overall + What the maladaptive can teach us + A Captivating, yet Redundant, Dive into the World of Disorders             The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down216 reviews Anne Fadiman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998 Eye Opening + Fascinating study of the important role cultural competency plays in Western medicine + thought provoking + The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down             Physics (Oxford World's Classics)2 reviews Aristotle Oxford University Press, USA, 1999 Readable Aristotle is not an oxymoron. + What is The Meaning Of Being? I found this translation easier to read than other translations of Aristotle. It is much easier to unpack and follow, only the content needs to be wrestled with, which is a project in and of itself. It includes the Becker numbers, which makes it easier to have a discussion with a group.             The Brothers Karamazov111 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002 Perhaps the best novel ever written in the history of mankind + The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky + A Literary Masterpiece + Bothers Karamazov + Dark and Beautiful             How Doctors Think160 reviews Jerome Groopman Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007 Without risking failure there is zero chance of success + A Patient and Doctor MUST READ + Excellent for doctors and patients + Learning to Think Straight             King Lear (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)9 reviews William Shakespeare Washington Square Press, 2004 The tragedy of Lear. + tragic,ironic,extreme... + FOLGER Shakespeare Library Edition of the Tragedy of King Lear BETTER THAN EXPECTED! + A tragic action without possible return! + All's cheerless, dark and deadly             The Best American Science Writing 2006 (Best American Science Writing)13 reviews Atul Gawande Harper Perennial, 2006 Phenominal compilation + science book + really good + Yay for science! + Good essays, on average             The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA (Norton Critical Editions)101 reviews James D. Watson W. W. Norton, 1980 Captivating, even for a layman + the book was perfect but it arrived a 2 weeks after the mailing date + Science Memoir + Good book             INTERNAL BLEEDING: The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes20 reviews Robert M. Wachter, Kaveh Shojania Rugged Land, 2005 A Must Read for All Medical Employees + Horror story + "Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch." + Internal Bleeding             Virtues in Medical Practice Edmund D. Pellegrino, David C. Thomasma Oxford University Press, USA, 1993 In recent years, virtue theories have enjoyed a renaissance of interest among general and medical ethicists. This book offers a virtue-based ethic for medicine, the health professions, and health care. Beginning with a historical account of the concept of virtue, the authors construct a theory of the place of the virtues in medical practice. Their theory is grounded in the nature and ends of ...             Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science156 reviews Atul Gawande Picador, 2003 Why your Doc says, "I don't know." + A fine, examined look into such a controversial field + Medicine - Mysterious and Uncertain Science + great book for medical and non-medical professionals! + Great book on surgery             The Republic (Penguin Classics)91 reviews Plato Penguin Classics, 2003 The ultimate Socratic dialogue? + Classic Read + Best Translator of Plato + The Rhetoric             Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years33 reviews Michael J. Collins St. Martin's Press, 2005 Very Inspirational Book + Hot Lights, Cold Steel + Life is a Battleship! + Amazing Ability to Relate + HIGHLY ENTERTAINING             Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance82 reviews Atul Gawande Metropolitan Books, 2007 Another Great Look Inside the Medical Profession + Atul Probes Deeply + Fascinating. Must read. Classic. + The progress of medical science + Better: Diligence, Doing Right and Ingenuity             MICROBE HUNTERS Paul De Kruif Pocket Book, 1960             On the Take: How Medicine's Complicity with Big Business Can Endanger Your Health12 reviews Jerome P. Kassirer Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 A must read, and unfortunately very accurate + Beware of Pharm Reps Bearing Gifts! + Eye opening and very informative book + TheAngryPatient             The Best American Science Writing 2006 (Best American Science Writing)13 reviews Atul Gawande Harper Perennial, 2006 Phenominal compilation + science book + really good + Yay for science! + Good essays, on average             The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Medical Specialty10 reviews Brian Freeman McGraw-Hill Medical, 2007 Yep, it is THE ultimate guide + A Great Reference for 95% of US Medical Students + Great book for students starting med school + Medical Specialty + One of the better books on comparing specialties             Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science156 reviews Atul Gawande Picador, 2003 Why your Doc says, "I don't know." + A fine, examined look into such a controversial field + Medicine - Mysterious and Uncertain Science + great book for medical and non-medical professionals! + Great book on surgery