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hPathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and theNew War on the Poor by Dr. Paul Farmer(438 pp.)Many medical students have been inspired by the work ofphysician-activist- anthropologist, Dr. Paul Farmer – thesubject of Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains.This book is probably Dr. Farmer’s most accessible workon how economic deprivation, structural violence, andinternational financial organizations negatively impactthe health of billions of the world’s poor.Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from theHuman Anatomy Lab by Christine Montross(320 pp.)Formerly a poet and writing teacher, Christine Montrosswrote this memoir during her medical training at BrownUniversity. It’s the story of not only her own personalexperience in anatomy, but the centuries old history ofstudying cadavers.Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science ofRemembering Everything by Joshua Foer (320 pp.)This recent bestseller entertainingly looks into the art andscience of memory and memorization. Not exactly medicallyrelated,but it might be a nice introduction to memorytechniques that will hold you in good stead for the manyyears of studying ahead.Reading | Sponsored by the Pritzker Book Club
hMEDICAL FICTIONCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (667 pp.)Dr. Abraham Verghese is a physician, novelist, and professorfor the Theory and Practice of Medicine at the StanfordUniversity School of Medicine. Few physicians today writeas eloquently as Dr. Verghese about the essence and nearspiritualexperience of caring for patients. This novel,according to Amazon.com, “is an unforgettable story oflove and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles – and twobrothers whose fates are forever intertwined.”Tinkers by Paul Harding(191 pp.)This incredible book, whichwon the 2009 Pulitzer Prizein Fiction, beautifully unfoldsthe history and final thoughtsof a dying grandfathersurrounded by his family inhis New England home.Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez(160 pp.)From Library Journal: “In a Latin American port cityduring colonial times, a young girl named Sierva Mariade Todos los Angeles, the only child of the ineffectualMarquis de Casalduero, is bitten by a rabid dog. Herfather, who has shown no interest in the child, begins acrusade to save her life, eventually committing her tothe Convent of Santa Clara when the bishop persuadeshim that his daughter is possessed by demons. In fact,Sierva Maria has shown no signs of being infected byrabies or by demons; she is simply being punished forbeing different…Nobel Prize winner Garcia Marquezwrites with his usual inventiveness, but over the yearshis prose style has crystallized and condensed. Theresult is a tale whose sharp social retort is made allthe louder by the luminous, uncluttered telling.”Reading | Sponsored by the Pritzker Book Club
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