Blueprints Medicine (Blueprints Series) by Vincent B Young William A Kormos Davoren A Chick Allan H Goroll Who was the moron who edited this book? This book is absolutely rife with grammatical and spelling errors. If poor editing (or, more likely in this case, NO editing) bothers you, do NOT buy this book, as you will be too distracted by the numerous errors to concentrate on the content. Here are some of the more blatant examples from chapt...read more...
Intern: A Doctor's Initiation by Sandeep Jauhar Great Doctor, Boring Book Intern is long, tedious, and tiresome. The story is extremely repetitive, and talks about the same thing over and over again. How many times does one want to read "checked his blood pressure"?
There have been great and funny books about medicine. Oliver Sachs, Jonathan Miller, and John ...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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Apple iPod shuffle 1 GB Silver (2nd Generation) OLD MODEL LOVE THE SHUFFLE I've had many versions of the iPod and this is the one I like the best. It's great for loading new playlists easily and clipping on a shirt and heading out the door for a run, hands-free. Sound quality is excellent and it stays charged for a long time... great purchase.read more...