Medicine and Literature
Fiction and non-fiction books about medicine
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Jun 30, 2009 11:36PM
Isn't House of God the cult classic and worthy of being on this list?
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I had three listings of it pop up - did you try the author's name with the book's title in the search form?
Sometimes adding the author's name really cuts down on the stuff that's not the book you want.
Glad it worked this time!
Glad it worked this time!
the psychology of judgment and decision making by scott plous should really be on here. the book is brilliant and a must-read. there's also choice theory (william glasser), which i personally disagree with but is also non-fiction.
also, brief interviews with hideous men (david foster wallace) and i'm surprised not to find brave new world (aldous huxley) on the list.
also, brief interviews with hideous men (david foster wallace) and i'm surprised not to find brave new world (aldous huxley) on the list.
Susanna wrote: "You could add them."
i'm actually not familiar with how to do that. i usually just log into the site to keep track of my own progress and get recs from friends and do the same for them.
i'm actually not familiar with how to do that. i usually just log into the site to keep track of my own progress and get recs from friends and do the same for them.
Rachael wrote: "Susanna wrote: "You could add them."
i'm actually not familiar with how to do that. i usually just log into the site to keep track of my own progress and get recs from friends and do the same for..."
At the top right of the page, there's a button that says: "add books to this list".
i'm actually not familiar with how to do that. i usually just log into the site to keep track of my own progress and get recs from friends and do the same for..."
At the top right of the page, there's a button that says: "add books to this list".
In my opinion, just because there is a doctor who is a character in the book doesn't qualify as Medicine and Literature, unless it talks about his/her training, work as a doctor, research, etc. But that's just my vote. So The Murder of Roger Ackroyd has little to do with medicine really; it just has a doctor as a character.
I think the Citadel by A J Cronin is a classic 'medical' (part autobiographical) story worthy of this list - it was something of an early inspiration for me
What about the Alienist by Kalab Karr? Fiction, but a great read, and William Jennings was a real DR.
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