A review by dandymom1216
What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine by Danielle Ofri
4.0
I read this aloud to my partner, who is an EM physician. I certainly felt more connected to the text than he and I felt like I really learned something... while I believe he felt the author was pandering to a non-medical audience. As a college career counselor, I wish my aspiring doctors would read this book, or books like it, to understand the taxing emotional toll medicine can take not only in medical school, but throughout your life.
Looking back, I really don't think this book is FOR doctors. What does it tell them that they don't already know? Perhaps it provides a voice to their experiences? I think this is more for people who are interested in learning more about the profession from an outsider's perspective. I'm glad I read it, but if I loan it to a friend I won't ask them to return it.
Looking back, I really don't think this book is FOR doctors. What does it tell them that they don't already know? Perhaps it provides a voice to their experiences? I think this is more for people who are interested in learning more about the profession from an outsider's perspective. I'm glad I read it, but if I loan it to a friend I won't ask them to return it.