Man's 4th Best Hospital by Samuel Shem Md
The sequel to the bestselling and highly acclaimed The House of GodYears after the events of The House of God, the Fat Man has been given leadership over a new Future of Medicine Clinic at what is now only Man's 4th Best Hospital, and has persuaded Dr. Roy Basch and some of his intern cohorts to join him to teach a new generation of interns and residents. In a medical landscape dominated by computer screens and corrupted by money, they have one goal: to make medicine humane again.
What follows is a mesmerizing, heartbreaking, and hilarious exploration of how the health-care industry, and especially doctors, have evolved over the past thirty years.
Samuel Shem, MD, PhD (Stephen Bergman's pen name) is the author of several novels, including the New York Times bestseller The House of God. He is a author, playwright, and activist in addition to being a doctor. He was a Rhodes Scholar who spent three decades on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, where he developed the Bill W. and the Dr. Bob Project at Harvard Medical School's Division of Addictions.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780593097786 |
| ISBN 10 | 0593097785 |
| Title | Man's 4th Best Hospital |
| Author | Samuel Shem Md |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2020-11-03 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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