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Product Description
The facts behind the addictive medical drama starring Golden Globe winner Hugh Laurie.
Week after week, House, M.D. has held viewers' attention with brilliant cast performances and intriguing diagnostic mysteries often solved with daring treatments. But how much of the medical detail is real and how much is fabricated? In The Medical Science of House, M.D., Andrew Holtz, a well-known medical journalist, reveals how medical detectives work-how they follow symptoms to their source. He examines each case in detail and provides answers to such questions as:
- How can a teenager adopted at birth nearly die because his biological mother didn't get a vaccine?
- How can a husband's faith in his wife's fidelity determine whether radical treatment will cure her or kill her?
- How can a missed eye-doctor appointment reveal a genetic disease?
- How can doctors choose the right course for a pregnant woman when one may kill her and the other would abort her fetus
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #28767 in Books
- Published on: 2006-10-03
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 272 pages
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About the Author
Andrew Holtz, MPH, is a health journalist. A former CNN medical correspondent-and co-anchor for the Your Health program-he now works as a freelancer covering health and medicine. He is a board member and past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists.
Customer Reviews
Medicine for the Masses
I very much enjoyed reading "The Medical Science of House, M.D." which provides an interesting look at the practice of medicine, contrasting the show House, M.D. with the real world practice of medicine. The book gives the reader some insight as to why some of the cases were chosen, where they were exaggerated for dramatic effect, and how authentic many of the medical scenes are in the show. Granted, many of the treatments on the show, wouldn't be allowed in real life, but that's what makes for interesting drama, showing what many in the profession might wish they could do were they given complete freedom without fear of litigation.
In short, this book is well worth a read.
The Medical Science of House, M.D.
The Medical Science of House, M.D.
In attempt to ride off the Fame of The "House, M.D.," series this book tries and fails to draw parrallels between actual medical conditions and vague references to the series. The author probably felt that the book and its contetents did not have sufficient merit to go it alone. It may make a good read, but it does not truly establish a bond with the series that author had hope to capture and nurture.
Horrible book, awesome TV show.
I was expecting science (I guess the title threw me), but this book is just a boring lecture on everything you already know about medicine (even if all you know is from TV). This is a pathetic attempt to mooch off the success of a great television show. If you feel you really have to have this book, do yourself a favor and wait a few weeks--it's bound to be in the bargain bins or the dollar stores.
