The Laws of Medicine
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Mukherjee, Siddhartha
Contributors
Mukherjee, Siddhartha Author
Fontana, Santino Narrator
Published
Simon & Schuster Audio / TED , 2015.
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Essential, required reading for doctors and patients alike: A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and one of the world’s premiere cancer researchers reveals an urgent philosophy on the little-known principles that govern medicine—and how understanding these principles can empower us all.Over a decade ago, when Siddhartha Mukherjee was a young, exhausted, and isolated medical resident, he discovered a book that would forever change the way he understood the medical profession. The book, The Youngest Science, forced Dr. Mukherjee to ask himself an urgent, fundamental question: Is medicine a “science”? Sciences must have laws—statements of truth based on repeated experiments that describe some universal attribute of nature. But does medicine have laws like other sciences? Dr. Mukherjee has spent his career pondering this question—a question that would ultimately produce some of most serious thinking he would do around the tenets of his discipline—culminating in The Laws of Medicine. In this important treatise, he investigates the most perplexing and illuminating cases of his career that ultimately led him to identify the three key principles that govern medicine. Brimming with fascinating historical details and modern medical wonders, this important book is a fascinating glimpse into the struggles and Eureka! moments that people outside of the medical profession rarely see. Written with Dr. Mukherjee’s signature eloquence and passionate prose, The Laws of Medicine is a critical read, not just for those in the medical profession, but for everyone who is moved to better understand how their health and well-being is being treated. Ultimately, this book lays the groundwork for a new way of understanding medicine, now and into the future.

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Format
eAudiobook
Edition
Unabridged
Street Date
10/13/2015
Language
English
ISBN
9781442378131
Subjects
Medical
Nonfiction

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Published Reviews

Library Journal Review

This work examines the question of whether medicine is a science or an art. Mukherjee (Emperor of All Maladies) has developed his own three laws of medicine and outlines the path he took to get there. He considers many authors and topics, from Tycho Brahe to the human genome, before arriving at the conclusion that medicine involves aspects of both art and science. The work grabs listeners' attention and prompts them to think about the nature of truth and how we pursue it. Santino Fontana conveys the author's ideas well. The work is very short, but the price is low to match it. -VERDICT Recommended for those who enjoy engaging conversation about medicine and how decisions are made.-Eric D. Albright, Tufts Hirsh Health Sciences Lib., Boston © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Library Journal Reviews

This work examines the question of whether medicine is a science or an art. Mukherjee (Emperor of All Maladies) has developed his own three laws of medicine and outlines the path he took to get there. He considers many authors and topics, from Tycho Brahe to the human genome, before arriving at the conclusion that medicine involves aspects of both art and science. The work grabs listeners' attention and prompts them to think about the nature of truth and how we pursue it. Santino Fontana conveys the author's ideas well. The work is very short, but the price is low to match it. VERDICT Recommended for those who enjoy engaging conversation about medicine and how decisions are made.—Eric D. Albright, Tufts Hirsh Health Sciences Lib., Boston

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Mukherjee, S., & Fontana, S. (2015). The Laws of Medicine (Unabridged). Simon & Schuster Audio / TED.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mukherjee, Siddhartha and Santino Fontana. 2015. The Laws of Medicine. Simon & Schuster Audio / TED.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mukherjee, Siddhartha and Santino Fontana. The Laws of Medicine Simon & Schuster Audio / TED, 2015.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Mukherjee, S. and Fontana, S. (2015). The laws of medicine. Unabridged Simon & Schuster Audio / TED.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Mukherjee, Siddhartha, and Santino Fontana. The Laws of Medicine Unabridged, Simon & Schuster Audio / TED, 2015.

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