OUTSTANDING
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AS A PRACTICING PHYSICIAN I READ THIS PERSONALIZED ESSAY COLLECTION PERIODICALLY JUST TO BRING MYSELF BACK TO EARTH. WE TEND TO BELIEVE THE HYPE AND BEHAVE TOO GOD-LIKE. LONDON PROVIDES A BREATH OF FRESH AIR WE ALL NEED FROM TIME TO TIME.
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too short
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The collection of short stories or essais on the medical practise, always with an underlying or sometimes more openly cynicism, are clearly written. A must-read after yet another day of boring automatisms in the clinic
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Good for What Ails You
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If only more doctors could be like Dr. London...A healthy dose of humor and a heartful of compassion. He tells his stories from his side of the bedside (so to speak...)taking you inside the profession - and not taking himself to seriously. Yet, you always know that he takes caring for his patients quite seriously. Dr. London's unique, frank, intelligently funny anecdotes are even funnier when read outloud. His book should be required reading for all med students. He's not afraid to demystify the mysterious world of medicine, reminding us we are all frail humans and the more we laugh through life, the better -and that includes laughing at ourselves.
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Self-inflated
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As a physician, I found this book offensive and boring. From what I can gleen from his book, Dr. London seems to be a substance abusing, self-inflated, autocratic premadonna who probably can't hang on to his office staff. He is certainly his biggest fan. In his defense, I found a few (very few) informative chapters in his book that wound be considered "pearls of wisdon". I'm glad I borrowed the book from someone, but most of it was a waste of my time. My father found it to be very entertaining, however. But maybe he likes old physicians who have out-dated thoughts on medicine.
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Good advice and a great laugh
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If you're looking for the perfect gift for the newly med grad, this is certainly it!! You can't put down this book; you start off smiling and you soon end up laughing so hard that if you read it at night you'll probably wake up everybody. Although patients might get a few laughs as well, the book is really meant for doctors and each of the 57 rules to live by are absolutely true. London (a pseudonym), himself an M.D. and self-appointed W.B.D. (world's best doctor), is a seasoned writer and delivers good advice for the rocky road of medicine. I reread it whenever things get tough and I always feel refreshed. Excellent book!!
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