At first I was incredibly enthralled with the author's research on different aspects of the history of the practice of medicine. She certainly did her research and this is an informing read. Unfortunately, it became a tedious, research-paper type read. I felt like I was a proofreader. She used "h...
As a medical scientist, and someone just generally into medical anything, this book seemed like an obvious choice. The "Every Patient Tells a Story" sounds like House, MD in a book format. SIGN ME UP! Unfortunately, uh, there are hardly any patient stories. This is one long book on the benefits o...
So good.The narration was fine, but for me most of the value came from the pedagogical qualities of the story. It drove home the idea that a patient's well-being also includes their disease being put into the context of their life. Patients don't come into the hospital just to be spat out by the ...