Samuel Shem
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of two mothers and a father in love with the same daughter, Samuel Shem's At the Heart of the Universe is an epic novel set deep in rural China against the backdrop of an ancient mountain monastery during the time of the one-child-per-family policy. Inspired by the author's experiences as parent of an adopted child, it describes the drama of adoption and the journey of loss and rebirth that can happen when a daughter brings together...
Author
Publisher
R. Marek Publishers
Pub. Date
[1978]
Language
English
Description
The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to know. Six eager interns-- they saw themselves as modern saviors-to-be. They came from the top of their medical school class to the bottom of the hospital staff to serve a year in the time-honored tradition, racing to answer the flash of on-duty call lights and nubile nurses. But only the Fat Man--their calm, all-knowing resident-- could sustain them in...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The resident known as The Fat Man and his eccentric band of interns scattered to the four corners of the country. Today Fats, now rich and famous, has been lured across town to the House of God's WASPy rival, Man's Best Hospital. But the august institution has sunk from being ranked the best hospital in the country to an embarrassing, and unacceptable, 4th! Fats' mission? To help the hospital climb back up the rankings... while pursuing his own agenda....
4) Mount Misery
Author
Publisher
Fawcett Columbine
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
An expose on psychiatry featuring Roy Bash, a doctor-in-training in a hospital. He discovers his confreres are less interested in curing patients than in profiting from drug companies and insurance schemes, often doctoring diagnoses for that purpose. By the author of House of God.
5) Our hospital
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After the tragic climax of Man's 4th Best Hospital, four doctors have left practicing medicine. But with COVID-19 sweeping the country, they come together to help the small town of Columbia, New York. The doctors and nurses are buckling as they battle both a raging pandemic and the financial woes facing small hospitals everywhere. But no matter what's happening in the world, babies are born, people fall in love, and doctors will do anything to save...
