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.