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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
39 reviews
blymanor's review against another edition
Moderate: Ableism and Chronic illness
Minor: Medical content
lenorayoder's review against another edition
2.0
As for the content, I don’t like the author’s attitude towards his patients. The way he talks about them, philosophizes, and speculates about their inner lives really rubs me the wrong way. He seems to be taking more care than a lot of doctors did at the time (yikes), but it still doesn’t really feel like Sacks truly sees his patients as real, actual people.
Graphic: Ableism
Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and War
gothgf1567's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Ableism
jennswan's review
4.0
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Confinement and Dementia
Minor: Suicide attempt
jetpackdracula's review
3.5
Graphic: Ableism and Medical content
Moderate: Mental illness and Forced institutionalization
em_the_wallflower's review against another edition
Graphic: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content
Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Suicide
hanjackson's review against another edition
2.25
I can see why in 1985, Sacks' time as a neurologist and his stories were taboo. However in 2024 it is lacking. The dated language and words when speaking of certain conditions makes it a hard to listen to the book, even though the words we see as insults now were clinically accepted in the 80s.
Definitely an insightful look into the medical past but as a book, hard to make it through -- especially when comparing it to the modern stars of the medical memoir such as Adam Kay and Kathryn Mannix. The book needed to be a tad more self-aware.
Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical content, Dementia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
samcsmith's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, and Medical content
vale_reading's review against another edition
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bludgeoned_by_hail's review against another edition
3.5
While sometimes it may get a bit slow or overly technical for a lay audience, I believe the book balances the tasks of presenting thorough neuropathological case studies, making interesting narratives of them, highlighting the human individuals behind the conditions, and analyzing the broader patterns these cases reflect in science and society with a lot of poise, compassion, and curiosity.
Very recommended to anyone looking to pursue a career in the field.
Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism and Forced institutionalization