 | The Intern Blues: The Timeless Classic About the Making of a Doctor by Robert Marion
Buy new: $15.95 / Used from: $4.39 This was one of the first pre-med books I ever read. I think most pre-med planning on pediatrics will enjoy it!
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 | On Call: A Doctor's Days and Nights in Residency by Emily R. Transue
Buy used from: $4.88 Great book written by a Dr. that went to the UW and chose internal as a specialty.
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 | Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue by Danielle Ofri
Buy used from: $1.99 A doctor's stories about the interactions with her patients.
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 | What I Learned in Medical School: Personal Stories of Young Doctors
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $7.25 Book about doctors from various backgrounds and their experiences in med school
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 | First, Do No Harm by Lisa Belkin
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.54 Book of medical stories that focus on social and ethical aspects of the US's medical system.
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 | Becoming a Doctor: A Journey of Initiation in Medical School by Melvin Konner
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.05 Stories of a neurologist's experience going through med school and residency
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 | Incidental Findings: Lessons from My Patients in the Art of Medicine by Danielle Ofri
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $0.99 The follow up to singular intimacies, more stories about the doctor patient relationship
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 | The Soul of a Doctor: Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $7.00 Stories by harvard med students on their interactions with patients. A very insightful book
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 | Sacred Space : Stories from a Life in Medicine by Clif Cleaveland
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $0.25 Sacred spaces is the memoirs of an internal medicine doctor, Dr. Cleaveland.Id highly reccommend this book to any pre-med.
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 | Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $1.37 Stories of becoming a modern day surgeon. Also covers some medical ethics
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 | When the Air Hits Your Brain by Frank T. Jr Md Vertosick
Buy used from: $3.44 Stories of becoming a neurologist
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 | Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story by Ben Carson
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.51 Another story of becoming a neurologist. Also about overcoming prejudice.
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 | Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs (Emergency!) by Mark Brown
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.38 Collection of short stories written by ER. Docs
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 | War Hospital: A True Story Of Surgery And Survival by Sheri Lee Fink
Buy new: $18.50 / Used from: $0.45 This book was about the MSF's (doctors without borders) involvment in the Bosnian war.
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 | A Not Entirely Benign Procedure: Four Years As A Medical Student by Perri Klass
Buy used from: $2.91 Another book of short stories about a doctor and her patients
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 | Understanding Health Policy (Lange) by Thomas S. Bodenheimer
Buy new: $38.95 / Used from: $22.00 A must for any pre-med that doesnt have a good grasp on US health policy
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 | Classic Cases in Medical Ethics: Accounts of Cases That Have Shaped Medical Ethics, with Philosophical, Legal, and Historical Backgrounds by Gregory Pence
Buy new: $48.44 / Used from: $3.00 Book with case studies in medical ethics
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 | Physician-Assisted Dying: The Case for Palliative Care and Patient Choice
Buy new: $28.00 / Used from: $4.25 Book about the ethics involved in "patient assisted dying"
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 | The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $3.25 Book about barriers (cultural, language, etc) between doctors and patients
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 | Walk on Water: The Miracle of Saving Children's Lives by Michael Ruhlman
Buy new: $11.25 / Used from: $0.15 A book about a pediatric cardiologist, pretty intense
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 | The House of God: The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital by Samuel Shem
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $6.99 A tongue in cheek (and often shocking) fictional book about becoming a doctor
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 | The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs And Men in a Race Against an Epidemic by Gay Salisbury
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $4.96 A book about dog sledders who have to travel over 1000 miles in the middle of the alaskan winter to get a vaccine to a town that is facing an epidemic (the true story of Balto and Togo).
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 | Clinical Oncology (Book with CD-ROM for Windows & Macintosh)
Buy used from: $17.70 An all encompassing book about oncology. Much of the material was recorded in the late 90s and early 2000's so its a little outdated by for only about $20 its a good buy for someone that is interested in clinical oncology.
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 | Magic Cancer Bullet: How a Tiny Orange Pill May Rewrite Medical History by Daniel Vasella
Buy new: $19.96 / Used from: $0.02 The story of STI-571 (Gleevec) a drug that revolutionized the way CML is treated.
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 | Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer by Robert Bazell
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $5.62 The story of HER-2 (Herceptin) a drug that greatly improves the outcome of a specific type of breast cancer.
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 | When Life Becomes Precious: The Essential Guide for Patients, Loved Ones, and Friends of Those Facing Serious Illnesses by Elise Babcock
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $0.01 Book about coping with cancer
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 | The Human Side of Cancer: Living with Hope, Coping with Uncertainty by Jimmie Holland
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.99 Another book about coping with cancer
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 | Surviving Cancer Emotionally: Learning How to Heal by Roger Granet
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.48 Book for patients with cancer
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 | One Renegade Cell: The Quest For The Origin Of Cancer (Science Masters) by Robert A. Weinberg
Buy new: $11.60 / Used from: $3.95 A concise book about the origins of a cancerous cell
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 | At War Within: The Double-Edged Sword of Immunity by William R. Clark
Buy new: $30.00 / Used from: $3.28 A book about how the immune system can sometimes be destructive to our own body ex. ALL, AML, CML, lupus, etc.
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 | First Aid for the Pediatrics Clerkship by Latha Stead
Buy new: $37.76 / Used from: $7.99 An excellent resource for any pre-med that will be shadowing pediatricians.
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 | Case Files Pediatrics (Lange Case Files) by Eugene C. Toy
Buy new: $26.96 / Used from: $22.00 A bunch of pediatric scenarios. Pretty cool book, definitely taught me some stuff.
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 | Harriet Lane Handbook: A Manual for Pediatric House Officers
Buy used from: $15.00 Another book you may want to carry when shadowing in peds.
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 | Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Thumb Index)) by Donald Venes
Buy new: $27.57 / Used from: $28.00 Another must have diagnosing and treating patients
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 | Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 30th Edition by Dorland
Buy used from: $11.21 A nice resource for a med or pre-med student
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 | Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2007 (Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment) by Stephen J. McPhee
Buy new: $64.95 / Used from: $128.07 Highly reccommended as a reference for pre-meds that are shadowing a doc that is too busy to answer all of their questions about the diagnosis and treatment of the illnesses seen in each patient
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 | Med School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Medical School Experience: By Students, for Students by Robert H. Miller
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $10.62 Book about preparing for medical school
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 | Planning a Life in Medicine: Discover If a Medical Career is Right for You and Learn How to Make It Happen (Career Guides) by John Smart
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $8.75 I'm reading this right now, it is very helpful and I would reccommend it to any college student that is thinking about a career in medicine
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 | MCAT Complete Study Package, Sixth Edition (Exam Krackers) (Exam Krackers) by Jonathan Orsay
Buy used from: $119.10 THE BIBLE!
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 | Kaplan New MCAT Premier Program, 2007 Edition (Kaplan Mcat Premier Program) by Kaplan
Buy used from: $9.73 MORE OF THE BIBLE!
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