Originally a healthcare manual written based on the experiences of the author in a village in western Mexico, this book aims to inform its readers about how to deal with healthcare issues even in an isolated area where professional healthcare may not be readily available. Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Healthcare Handbook by David Werner He goes on to talk about his days as a junior doctor, seeing his first death, saving his first life, and offers real insight into life as a junior doctor in the NHS.ģ. He describes how the admissions process is rather arbitrary and not always effective in choosing students with the right qualities for the career. This series of light-hearted yet informative accounts from Adam Kay’s career as a gynaecologist starts when he was applying to med school. It’s an insightful, inspiring page-turner.
If you’re going to read one book from this list, make it this one. This book is especially recommended to give you an idea on the realities of research, while still being light-hearted and fun to read.
This ranges from calling out the dodgy claims made by scaremongering journalists going after an easy news story, to researchers themselves hiding important results simply because they wouldn’t give them a publication. He discusses the malpractice used by some researchers, universities and scientific journals, and the problems caused by, as he puts it, bad science. In this book by British physician and researcher Ben Goldacre, basic principles of the scientific method in research are explained in a satirical, eye-opening way. This gem combines humour with facts to shed light on what really goes on behind every discovery, as well as what happens when things are slow in the lab. Undoubtedly a must-read if you’re interested in research (which you should be!). What’s the best book you’ve read about medicine? With that in mind, below is a list of some books we think will give you a good idea of what Medicine is like (without getting textbook-y!). Anatomy and physiology textbooks will likely be at your side throughout your medical studies, and you’ll be reading through countless scientific papers, but you might want to read something beforehand that gives you insight into the world of medicine in practice – whether that’s research, at the clinic or in the operating room.
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