Summer Reading List - Pritzker School of Medicine - University of ...
Summer Reading List - Pritzker School of Medicine - University of ...
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hPathologies <strong>of</strong> 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 <strong>of</strong>physician-activist- anthropologist, Dr. Paul Farmer – thesubject <strong>of</strong> 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 <strong>of</strong> billions <strong>of</strong> the world’s poor.Body <strong>of</strong> 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 Brown<strong>University</strong>. It’s the story <strong>of</strong> not only her own personalexperience in anatomy, but the centuries old history <strong>of</strong>studying cadavers.Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science <strong>of</strong>Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer (320 pp.)This recent bestseller entertainingly looks into the art andscience <strong>of</strong> 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 <strong>of</strong> studying ahead.<strong>Reading</strong> | Sponsored by the <strong>Pritzker</strong> Book Club