Fourteen Stories: Doctors, Patients, and Other Strangers (Literature and Medicine) by Jay Baruch So-So I'm not in any hurry to finish reading this book. I didn't realize these were fictional short stories and honestly, I'm not all that fond of his writing. The medicine in the fiction is top-notch, but the stories are so-so.read more...
First Aid for the USMLE Step 3, Second Edition (First Aid USMLE) by Tao Le Vikas Bhushan veronique Very unhelpful - too basic, unfocused I don't write many reviews, but this book was so bad I had to write something. If you are considering buying this book, stop right now and save yourself the time and money. I used this book for step 3, and then after the 1st part of the test, I thumbed through it again to see if anything matched up....read more...
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Cutting Remarks: Insights and Recollections of a Surgeon by Sidney Schwab Just okay I can't understand why this book got so many top reviews. Not that it is bad, but there are many better books in the how-I-became-a-doctor genre. Michael Collin's Hot Lights, Cold Steel, or Frank Vertosick's When the Air Hits Your Brain are tops in this area. Also, either Atul Gawande's books, Be...read more...
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Canon PowerShot Pro Series S5 IS 8.0MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom S5 Used it for a year dropped it and flash is not working now otherwise camera is working. Now got SX1 far better than this one. Can tell a big difference.read more...