Aug. 1, 2022Monday The DO book club ICU care The DO Book Club, Aug. 2022: Every Deep-Drawn Breath: A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU Wes Ely, MD, shares the steps physicians can make to help their ICU patients recover better and more quickly. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
June 1, 2022Wednesday The DO book club Doctor as patient The DO Book Club, June 2022: In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope A doctor’s harrowing experience opens her eyes to the dismissive and impersonal treatment patients sometimes receive in the ICU, OR and ER. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
April 1, 2022Friday The DO book club Race and medicine The DO Book Club, April 2022: Black Man in a White Coat Damon Tweedy, MD, examines the complexities of being a Black person training as a physician and a Black patient in a system fraught with cultural, social and economic inequities. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
Feb. 1, 2022Tuesday OB-GYNpatient careThe DO book club Art of medicine The DO Book Club, Feb. 2022: It’s All in the Delivery and Motherhood, Medicine & Me One DO details his quest to improve patient communication, and another shares her experiences as a mother and OB-GYN, in this month’s featured reads. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
Dec. 15, 2021Wednesday The DO book club Exploring medical mysteries The DO Book Club, Dec. 2021: Every Patient Tells a Story Lisa Sanders, MD, explores the general decline in the art and practice of the physical exam and its use in making an accurate diagnosis for the patient.
Aug. 25, 2021Wednesday The DO book club Personal account The DO Book Club, Aug. 2021: The Undying Anne Boyer’s Pulitzer Prize winning memoir of her breast cancer treatment offers a glimpse into the suffering and isolation experienced by many patients.
May 24, 2021Monday DO & student voicesThe DO book club Fallibility, mystery, uncertainty The DO Book Club, May 2021: Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, shares insights on residency training, difficult treatment decisions and medical errors.
Dec. 8, 2020Tuesday DO & student voicesThe DO book club cultural divide The DO Book Club, December 2020: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Anne Fadiman tells the tragic story of a cultural conflict between a Hmong immigrant family and a team of American physicians.
Oct. 28, 2020Wednesday DO & student voicesThe DO book club Emergency medicine The DO Book Club, October 2020: The Beauty in Breaking Emergency physician Michele Harper, MD, writes candidly about systemic racism and gender bias in the health care system through the lens of her own experience.