A book review of Playing Doctor Part Two: Residency (Blundering Along with Imposter Syndrome) Stars: **** John Lawrence (2021)Memoir236 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Playing Doctor: Part Two: Residency is a medical memoir full of laugh-out-loud tales, born from chaotic,… Read More »
Infectious
A book review of Infectious: Pathogens and How We Fight Them by Dr. John S. Tregoning Stars: **** OneWorld Publications (2021)Popular Science384 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Nature wants you dead. Not just you, but your children and everyone… Read More »
That’s Why I’m a Doctor
A book review of That’s Why I’m a Doctor: Physicians Recount Their Most Memorable Moments by Mark Bulgutch Stars: **** Douglas & McIntyre (2020)Memoir256 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Doctors hold a pretty special place in our lives. They’re… Read More »
Behind the Mask
A book review of Behind the Mask: The Mystique of Surgery And the Surgeons who Perform Them by David Gelber MD Stars: **** Ruffian Press (2011)General Surgery 190 pages Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Summary: A look at the world of surgery through the eyes of Dr.David Gelber, a surgeon with more than twenty… Read More »
Hope is a Bright Star
A book review of Hope is a Bright Star: A Mother’s Memoir of Love, Loss and Learning to Live Again by Faith Fuller Wilcox Stars: ***** She Writes Press (2021)Grief168 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Hope Is a Bright… Read More »
Get Me Out
A book review of Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from The Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank by Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D. Stars: **** W. W. Norton & Company (2011)Health/Obstetrics & Gynecology352 pages Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Making and having babies—what it takes to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and… Read More »
The Birth of the Pill
A book review of The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonathon Eig Stars: **** W. W. Norton & Company (2015)History of Medicine/Birth Control416 pages Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Summary: We know it simply as “the pill,” yet its genesis was anything but simple. Jonathan… Read More »