Writer, M.D.

The Best Contemporary Fiction and Nonfiction by Doctors

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Health, Health Care Issues, Biography & Memoir, Reference, Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays
Cover of the book Writer, M.D. by Leah Kaminsky, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Author: Leah Kaminsky ISBN: 9780307946874
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: January 10, 2012
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Leah Kaminsky
ISBN: 9780307946874
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: January 10, 2012
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

From Chekhov to Maugham to William Carlos Williams, doctors have long given voice to their unique perspectives through literature. Writer, M.D. celebrates this rich tradition with a collection of fiction and nonfiction by today’s most beloved physician-writers, including,

• Abraham Verghese, on the lost art of the physical exam

• Pauline Chen, on the bond between a med student and her first cadaver

• Atul Gawande, on the ethical dilemmas of a young surgical intern

• Danielle Ofri, on the devastation of losing a patient

• Ethan Canin, on love, poetry, and growing old

These essays and stories illuminate the inner lives of men and women who deal with trauma, illness, mortality, and grief on a daily basis. Read together, they provide a candid, moving, one-of-a-kind glimpse behind the doctor’s mask.

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From Chekhov to Maugham to William Carlos Williams, doctors have long given voice to their unique perspectives through literature. Writer, M.D. celebrates this rich tradition with a collection of fiction and nonfiction by today’s most beloved physician-writers, including,

• Abraham Verghese, on the lost art of the physical exam

• Pauline Chen, on the bond between a med student and her first cadaver

• Atul Gawande, on the ethical dilemmas of a young surgical intern

• Danielle Ofri, on the devastation of losing a patient

• Ethan Canin, on love, poetry, and growing old

These essays and stories illuminate the inner lives of men and women who deal with trauma, illness, mortality, and grief on a daily basis. Read together, they provide a candid, moving, one-of-a-kind glimpse behind the doctor’s mask.

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