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The Laws of Medicine
The Laws of Medicine
The Laws of Medicine
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The Laws of Medicine

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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.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateOct 13, 2015
ISBN9781442378131
The Laws of Medicine
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Siddhartha Mukherjee

Siddhartha Mukherjee is the author of The Gene: An Intimate History, a #1 New York Times bestseller; The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction; and The Laws of Medicine. He is the editor of Best Science Writing 2013. Mukherjee is an associate professor of medicine at Columbia University and a cancer physician and researcher. A Rhodes scholar, he graduated from Stanford University, University of Oxford, and Harvard Medical School. In 2023, he was elected as a new member of the National Academy of Medicine. He has published articles in many journals, including Nature, The New England Journal of Medicine, Cell, The New York Times Magazine, and The New Yorker. He lives in New York with his wife and daughters. Visit his website at: SiddharthaMukherjee.com.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This book is okay. I just tried it out and it was over before I even really got into it. Not really clear on the author's point, but I liked the medical info and stories.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Very interesting book. Some probability calculations may not be 100% rigut, but the points are valid and thoughtful.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Great Info!
    It is like watching 5 episodes of Dr House and beeing present in the action.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Eye-opening. More perspective from a doctor point of view vs a patient point of view. Discussed biases and limitations with medicine.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    An excellent Excellent book,An essential reading for anyone who works in the medical field.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book revealed many topics that are not discussed by doctors very often. As a future doctor, it is great to know what is waiting for me, and how best to prepare for it!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    it is a book which tell a lay man an insight in the medical world it moments of glory as well as failaurs without hidding anything
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Very nice story, the guy reading it had a weird accent though
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    As a student of medicine, the profound insights of this book, combined with it’s beautiful language, made for a captivating read.