August 2016
August Book Review: Still Alice
If you lose your mind, are you still yourself? Are you still Alice? First it is just a word, on the tip of your tongue that you can't seem to find. Or a forgotten appointment. [...]
July 2016
Beyond the Book: The House of God
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About the Author: Samuel Shem
Samuel Shem, pen name of Stephen Bergman, is a doctor, novelist, playwright, essayist and activist. Dr. Bergman was a graduate of Harvard, a Rhodes scholar at Balliol College, Oxford, where he completed a D.Phil. in [...]
July Book Review: The House of God
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When Breath Becomes Air Twitter Chat
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June 2016
June Book Review: When Breath Becomes Air
This is a wonderful, heartbreaking yet uplifting memoir that should be required reading for all medical students and junior doctors. (And older doctors and retired doctors and nurses and allied health practitioners and everyone else). [...]
About the Author: Paul Kalanithi
Paul Kalanithi, M.D., author of When Breath Becomes Air, was a neurosurgeon and writer. He graduated from Stanford with a B.A. and M.A. in English literature and a B.A. in human biology. He earned an [...]
Beyond the Book: When Breath Becomes Air
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