May 1, 2023Monday The DO book club Durability through adversity The DO Book Club, May 2023: “Endurance,” “Practicing from the Heart” and “Uncaring” Perhaps if there is one quality that physicians would most benefit from it would be durability. We endure a lot to get where we are and to keep moving ahead, including much adversity along the way. The DO Book Club By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
April 3, 2023Monday The DO book club Beyond the diagnosis The DO Book Club, April 2023: “On Becoming a Healer: The Journey from Patient Care to Caring about Your Patients” In this book, Weiner makes an eloquent effort to identify the challenges of practicing 21st century medicine and to suggest ways to engage with patients despite many inherent obstacles. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
March 1, 2023Wednesday The DO book club Diving into the lab The DO Book Club, March 2023: “STIFF,” “Cutting Out” and “ADHD: Quick & Easy Guide” In this humorously irreverent but never disrespectful work of creative nonfiction, Mary Roach dissects, if you will, the role cadavers have played throughout history. The DO Book Club By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
Feb. 1, 2023Wednesday Mental health The DO Book Club: ‘Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses’ In her memoir, Sarah Fay questions the validity of the DSM and addresses several problems with how mental illness is commonly addressed in the U.S. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
Jan. 3, 2023Tuesday Tjhe DO book club Food for thought The DO Book Club, Jan. 2023: ‘When We Do Harm,’ ‘Floating Feathers’ and ‘When Spirit Touches Matter’ This month’s books examine medical errors, a doctor’s perspective on his own harrowing illness and a DO’s pilgrimage and spiritual journey. The DO Book Club By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
Dec. 1, 2022Thursday The DO book club Romance on the wards The DO Book Club, Dec. 2022: ‘On Rotation’ and ‘The White Coat Diaries’ In these books, we learn about the pressures some minority women face as they navigate their professional and personal lives. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
Nov. 1, 2022Tuesday The DO book club Past, present, future The DO Book Club, Nov. 2022: What Doctors Feel, The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine, A Christmas Carol This month’s books examine where modern medicine’s been and may be heading, how what doctors see and do affects them emotionally, and what our real business is. The DO Book Club By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
Oct. 1, 2022Saturday The DO book club Trailblazers The DO Book Club, Oct. 2022: The Doctors Blackwell This history of the famous sisters and pioneers in medicine casts a spotlight on a tumultuous time in American history. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
Sept. 1, 2022Thursday The DO book club Women and medicine The DO Book Club, Sept. 2022: Letter to a Young Female Physician, Ask Me About My Uterus, Practical Management of Pain Three worthy reads address women in medicine, women’s pain and a modern approach to pain management. The DO Book Club By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
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