From Chekhov to Maugham to William Carlos Williams, doctors have long given voice to their unique perspectives through literature. Writer, M.D. celebrates this rich tradition with a collection of fiction and nonfiction by today s most beloved physician-writers, including,
Abraham Verghese, on the lost art of the physical exam

Pauline Chen, on the bond between a med student and her first cadaver

Atul Gawande, on the ethical dilemmas of a young surgical intern

Danielle Ofri, on the devastation of losing a patient

Ethan Canin, on love, poetry, and...

"The Waiting Room is both haunted, and haunting."--Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March

The Waiting Room unfolds over the course of a single, life-changing day, but the story it tells spans five decades, three continents, and one family's compelling history of love, war, and survival

As the daughter of Holocaust survivors, Dina's present has always been haunted by her parents' pasts. She becomes a doctor, emigrates, and builds a family of her own, yet no matter how hard she tries to move on, their...