Surgeon and MacArthur fellow Gawande applies his gift for dulcet prose to medical and ethical dilemmas in this collection of 12 original and previously published essays adapted from the New England Journal of Medicine and the New Yorker.

A collection of short stories that follows four characters from their student days, through medical school and into their careers as doctors.

What's it like to become a doctor in Canada? That question is answered from the vantage point of a nineteen-year-old in the Anatomy Lab holding a bisected skull, from that of an intern freezing during a survival

Medicine reveals itself as a fascinatingly complex and "fundamentally human endeavor" in this distinguished debut essay collection by a surgical resident and staff writer for the New Yorker.

How Doctors Think is mostly about how these doctors get it right, and about why they sometimes get it wrong: "[m]ost errors are mistakes in thinking."

An engaging book struggling with the ethics involved in todays healthcare.

Pocket guide for medical students beginning their third year. Explains the roles of each member of the healthcare team, how the student fits in, and the basic procedures the student is likely to be asked to perform.

Pocket-sized guide to learning skills needed to get through medical school. Topics include: general strategies, the basics, acquisition, maintenance, proficiency; and strategies for studying specific courses.

Now a classic! The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to know.

If you want to know what REALLY goes on inside a hospital, this is the book for you.

MD: A Four-year Journey Through Medical School, is a humorous and compelling book that details the author's four-year journey through medical school.

A guide for readers thinking about attending medical school, or in the early stages of beginning an M.D..

On one level, it recounts the challenges and joys medical students experience as they go through their training. On another, it critiques what these students must endure to become doctors