Lenka S. reviewed on 6/12/2024 + 829 more book reviews

This is a quiet but worthy book reflecting one mans life. Not great not bad. Just life lived well in service of others. He is not an easy man, as he has chosen a difficult path in life most people wouldn't be able to follow. It takes a special kind of mixture of cocky tough and determination to be one of the best brain specialist and to decide when to let a person die in dignity rather then to save the body and have an empty shell to maintain (and to pay debilitating hospice bills). He is faced with his own humanity and despite saving his marriage he looses his fight with Cancer ad dies. His book is actually full of examples of life and death from his medical training days, and how it impacted him. How he became numb to human suffering, as a necessary protective Shield not to go insane. And how his brush with death returned his humanity.

We often forget that our doctor are burning up at alarming rate. Medical error is the 3rd highest death cause in USA. It is often impossible to get an appointment within 4monts period. But we do not take in to account the toxic workspace the Dr have to work under. That the amount of paperwork is 50% of time put in for the Dr. Dr are often the loneliest people and 60%more likely co commit suicide. We as patients dont really see the other side of the equation. In this book we do get a glimpse, and it is a reality check. Again it is not bad, or good. He just writes as things are. No judgment from him. But as a reader you can definitely see that there are issues in this broken healthcare system.

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