The Bookshelf: Feb. 2, 2016

Trib+Health is joining with respected books authority Kirkus Reviews to bring you select reviews of books of note in the field of health care. For more book reviews and recommendations, visit Kirkus.com.

THE FINEST TRADITIONS OF MY CALLING: One Physician’s Search for the Renewal of Medicine

by Abraham M. Nussbaum

 “Nussbaum begins with memories of his time in medical school, clinical residency, and his early career as a physician, when he learned, however detachedly, “to see people as a compendium of parts and a source of income” and to step back to view modern health care through the lens of both the everyday consumer and caregiver alike. … Particularly striking is the author’s keen if underdeveloped commentary on the medical marijuana conundrum, which begs for further introspection. In sharing the many tribulations of real-life patients and physicians, Nussbaum unveils a thoughtful, well-rounded, yet thorny vision of the current state of medicine. … A revealing and stirring directive aiming to heal medicine from the inside out."

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