For something a touch more down to earth regarding medicine:
House of God, by Samuel Shem. It might be difficult to believe, but this book is very realistic. Much more so than many other insufferable navel-gazing books about medical work taking grand philosophical stances.
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"First Do No Harm" - A memoir from a brain surgeon.
For something a touch more down to earth regarding medicine:
House of God, by Samuel Shem. It might be difficult to believe, but this book is very realistic. Much more so than many other insufferable navel-gazing books about medical work taking grand philosophical stances.
I'll plug 'When Breath Becomes Air', also for brain surgeon.
And I'll add Atul Gawande's “Better” and “Complications” on general surgery in particular and medicine in general.