“We aren‘t trained to see our patients. We are trained to see pathology. We are taught to forage with scalpels and forceps for an elusive diagnosis buried within obfuscating tissues. . . The true relationship is forged between the doctor and the disease.”
I feel lucky to have such a powerful, readable novel be assigned as part of our reading in medical school. Dr. Awdish uncovers a fatal flaw in medicine and challenges us to be better doctors.