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
May 1, 2022Sunday scope of practiceThe DO book club The nature of caregiving The DO Book Club, May 2022: The English Patient, Flying Blind and Patients at Risk In its own way, each book examines the core of what we do as physicians, what our job is and where our responsibilities lie. The DO Book Club By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
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
March 1, 2022Tuesday cardiologypatient careThe DO book club Narrative medicine The DO Book Club, March 2022: Heartsounds, Echoes of Heartsounds, Changing How We Think About Difficult Patients Heartsounds vividly describes the author’s experiences and emotions as her husband, a urologist, suffers a myocardial infarction while she is out of the country. The DO Book Club By Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA
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
Jan. 12, 2022Wednesday The DO book club Reading is fundamental 5 books to read in 2022 If one of your New Year’s resolutions was to read more in 2022, we’ve got you covered.
Jan. 12, 2022Wednesday The DO book club ‘The cost of saving a life’ The DO Book Club, Jan. 2022: Lightning Flowers In the book, Katherine E. Standefer focuses on the rare metals that many complex medical devices require and the often ugly way they are obtained.
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.
Nov. 15, 2021Monday aoa leadershipleadershipThe DO book club Dystopian fiction The DO Book Club, Nov. 2021: Station Eleven In addition to this apocalyptic novel, our new books columnist, Daniel J. Waters, DO, MA, also reviews Physician Leadership by Karen J. Nichols, DO, and Mortal Lessons by Richard Selzer, MD.
Oct. 25, 2021Monday The DO book club Storied history The DO Book Club, Oct. 2021: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer Although despair and hope are diametrically opposed, readers of this Pulitzer Prize-winning book are somehow left feeling both.