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title: "The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science (TED Books)"
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# The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science (TED Books)

**Brand:** siddhartha mukherjee
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Succinct and compelling
*by G***F on February 23, 2019*

A fantastic essay on the art of medical practice. I gave it as a gift to my friends in medical fields and they all loved it. It's also really short so even busy clinicians had time to read it. I could imagine this being a fantastic gift for anyone striving to practice medicine, go into nursing, or do meaningful biomedical science.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Medical Expectations.
*by A***R on February 4, 2016*

Interesting perspective on the status of medical research. It provides a realistic view of medicine as a science which enables one to have better expectations on treatment. Medicine is not an exact science yet many of us view it as such. However, progress is being made toward that direction. I look forward to a follow on a few years from now.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Philosophy of medicine.
*by S***I on January 11, 2017*

The author shares the physicians view of medicine. I do not argue with the simplicity ofThe book, because many people ignore simple things though they may be significant.What I feel is going on in North American medicine is the following:Doctors can get sued, they need expensive insurance. Residency is practically institutionalizedHazing. Middle class people cannot become doctors because it costs too much in timeAnd money.Despite all of this, some people still go through with this process. There is privilege andRespect in a licence to practice medicine.So what is wrong with the medical profession today?Just as in the Trump presidency, the masses or the silent majority have voted with theirWallet. Acupuncture and TCM is not unheard of in Canada nowadays, neither isAyurvedic medicine, thanks to the simplified works of a certain Dr Deepak Chopra.I predict that if mainstream doctors do not accept these trends, they will earn even lessIn the future./END DIATRIBE

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