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When Breath Becomes Air When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as medic)
avg rating 4.41 — 857,435 ratings — published 2016
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as medic)
avg rating 4.49 — 227,750 ratings — published 2014
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as medic)
avg rating 4.34 — 118,888 ratings — published 2010
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The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as medic)
avg rating 4.16 — 125,766 ratings — published 1994
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as medic)
avg rating 4.06 — 249,810 ratings — published 2003
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Shatter (Unbreakable Bonds #2) Shatter (Unbreakable Bonds #2)
by (shelved 4 times as medic)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,410 ratings — published 2016
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How Doctors Think How Doctors Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as medic)
avg rating 3.93 — 13,521 ratings — published 2007
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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as medic)
avg rating 4.39 — 345,485 ratings — published 2017
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The Trouble With Tony (Sex in Seattle, #1) The Trouble With Tony (Sex in Seattle, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as medic)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,848 ratings — published 2013
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The Shearing Gun The Shearing Gun (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as medic)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,691 ratings — published 2014
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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as medic)
avg rating 4.28 — 53,697 ratings — published 2002
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Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.25 — 44,637 ratings — published 2014
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Home before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam Home before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,801 ratings — published 1983
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The Doctor's Heart (Carlisle Medical, #1) The Doctor's Heart (Carlisle Medical, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.11 — 860 ratings — published 2021
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Just a Bit Wrong (Straight Guys, #4) Just a Bit Wrong (Straight Guys, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.03 — 15,917 ratings — published 2015
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.31 — 105,373 ratings — published 2019
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First Impressions (Auckland Med. #1) First Impressions (Auckland Med. #1)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,452 ratings — published 2018
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,722 ratings — published 2017
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,214 ratings — published 2012
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If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,960 ratings — published 2016
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The Home Decluttering Diet: Organize Your Way to a Clean and Lean House The Home Decluttering Diet: Organize Your Way to a Clean and Lean House (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 3.14 — 119 ratings — published
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Prognosis1 Prognosis1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 3.44 — 115 ratings — published 2015
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Back Mechanic Back Mechanic (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,670 ratings — published 2015
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Rats, Lice, and History: A Chronicle of Pestilence and Plagues Rats, Lice, and History: A Chronicle of Pestilence and Plagues (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.00 — 592 ratings — published 1935
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Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,524 ratings — published 1970
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My Sister's Keeper My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,293,589 ratings — published 2004
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Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 3.96 — 9,163 ratings — published 2009
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Alaska  (Sawyer's Ferry, #1) Alaska (Sawyer's Ferry, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,065 ratings — published 2018
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Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.27 — 20,971 ratings — published 1998
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Diagnosis Diagnosis (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 3.99 — 885 ratings — published 2014
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Learning to Feel Learning to Feel (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.06 — 5,285 ratings — published 2012
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The Half of Us (Family, #4) The Half of Us (Family, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,896 ratings — published 2014
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Slow Burn Slow Burn (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,176 ratings — published 2014
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MASH: A Novel about Three Army Doctors (M*A*S*H, #1) MASH: A Novel about Three Army Doctors (M*A*S*H, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 3.97 — 10,676 ratings — published 1968
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More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 3.78 — 2,165 ratings — published 2009
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The Backup Boyfriend (The Boyfriend Chronicles, #1) The Backup Boyfriend (The Boyfriend Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 3.92 — 12,019 ratings — published 2013
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Out of My Mind (Out of My Mind, #1) Out of My Mind (Out of My Mind, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.34 — 195,000 ratings — published 2010
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Cutting for Stone Cutting for Stone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.34 — 440,241 ratings — published 2009
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.21 — 90,581 ratings — published 2003
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Bad Case of Loving You Bad Case of Loving You (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,033 ratings — published 2006
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.13 — 831,232 ratings — published 2010
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.04 — 255,277 ratings — published 1985
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Arrowsmith Arrowsmith (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 3.84 — 8,773 ratings — published 1925
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When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, #1) When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 3.95 — 57,092 ratings — published 1998
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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as medic)
avg rating 4.24 — 38,151 ratings — published 2007
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Small by Small: Becoming a Doctor in 1990s Nigeria Small by Small: Becoming a Doctor in 1990s Nigeria (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as medic)
avg rating 4.20 — 100 ratings — published
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Tail of the Moon, Volume 7 Tail of the Moon, Volume 7 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as medic)
avg rating 4.21 — 837 ratings — published 2005
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Tail of the Moon, Volume 5 Tail of the Moon, Volume 5 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as medic)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,084 ratings — published 2004
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Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as medic)
avg rating 4.42 — 6,144 ratings — published 2024
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“You can't imagine what the interior of sixteen or eighteen cubic feet is like with all of these people screaming, and yelling, and talking, and howling. [...] Not to mention the radio squealing. And the bullets flying. And explosions going up. You just can't imagine the chaos that goes through your head. And it requires immense concentration, and effort, to focus on what you job is. [Tom Kelley, Vietnam Medic from December 1967-December 1968, speaking about events inside the medevac helicopters]”
― Elizabeth Partridge, Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam

Nick Trout
“And as for those high school students who tell me they would rather be a cat than an MD because they prefer to deal with animals and not to deal with people, I let them know they have it all wrong. Veterinarians get to work with animals. We get to work for people.”
― Nick Trout, Tell Me Where It Hurts: A Day of Humor, Healing, and Hope in My Life as an Animal Surgeon

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