Interesting Medical Book

caroline1111

Does anyone know of any decent interesting books about medical students/medicine/doctors for a medical student to read? Preferably more UK than American based. All suggestions welcome, thanks!

mardybumbum

caroline1111 wrote: »

Does anyone know of any decent interesting books about medical students/medicine/doctors for a medical student to read? Preferably more UK than American based. All suggestions welcome, thanks!

Everything I learned in Medical School by Sujay Kansagra is an enjoyable read.
He posted me over a personally signed copy a while ago. He also does a mean twitter feed.

caroline1111

Thanks a million mardybumbum, I just looked up that book and it looks really like the sort of thing I was looking for. Thanks

mardybumbum

caroline1111 wrote: »

Thanks a million mardybumbum, I just looked up that book and it looks really like the sort of thing I was looking for. Thanks

I should have mentioned "The House of God". It's a book I have only heard of recently but looks like an interesting read. I popped down to Chapters earlier but they didn't have any copies in store. As soon as I finish my finals I'll be picking it up.

Biologic

I liked most of the books by Max Pemberton. He's a UK based doctor who wrote about his first few years after graduation. If you want a brutally honest, but perhaps dated, account of life as an intern in the US read "Intern Blues" by Robert Marion.

sam34

mardybumbum wrote: »

I should have mentioned "The House of God". It's a book I have only heard of recently but looks like an interesting read. I popped down to Chapters earlier but they didn't have any copies in store. As soon as I finish my finals I'll be picking it up.

i would recommend reading the house of god once youve been working for a year or so.... i read it as a student and just didnt really get it, but when i re-read it as an NCHD it made such sense.

RobFowl

sam34 wrote: »

i would recommend reading the house of god once youve been working for a year or so.... i read it as a student and just didnt really get it, but when i re-read it as an NCHD it made such sense.

I'd agree with that,
Watch a few reruns of "Cardiac arrest" on the internet instead....

caroline1111

thanks everyone, ill see if I can get my hands on some of them!

FairytaleGirl

Direct Red

Awesome book from a female ENT surgeon in the UK.

I have heard Intern Blues is Brutal lol

EternalGeek

I loved Direct Red!

Also;

Intern by Sandeep Janhaur
Another Day in the Frontal Lobe by Katrina S Firilik
Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery (accompanies the BBC series of the same name, which was excellent).
Healing Hearts by kathy E. Magliato
Heart Beat: A collection of the late, great Maurice Neligan's columns.

Jessibelle

EternalGeek wrote: »

Heart Beat: A collection of the late, great Maurice Neligan's columns.

I'd really reccommed this too. I was lucky to meet him on a fairly regular basis through pure happenstance and other circumstances and he was always an amazing person to talk to, argue with and ping opinions against. A real gentleman.

EternalGeek

Jessibelle wrote: »

I'd really reccommed this too. I was lucky to meet him on a fairly regular basis through pure happenstance and other circumstances and he was always an amazing person to talk to, argue with and ping opinions against. A real gentleman.

I am so totally and utterly jealous of that. He is my hero. Genuinely. When I did my journalism elective the lecturer told me I wrote like him...I cried...actually cried...in front of said lecturer...:rolleyes:

FairytaleGirl

Intern By Sandeep Jahur

is another good one - as is

On Call by Emily R. Transue

Piste

House of God is an excellent read. I'm sure I'd get more out of it having done my intern year, I read it last Summer and even my 12 weeks of rotations this year have made that book seem so much more relevant. It's a really cynical look at what it is to be a doctor.