A review by kminahan
Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality by Pauline W. Chen

3.0

While the medical community seems to have done much in recent years to begin to contend with the image of the physician as distant professional more focused on the disease than on the patient, Final Exam contends that this effort has largely failed to deal with one crucial element--death. In a thoughtful work which draws on her own experience as a surgeon while also reflecting on her broader profession, Chen makes a convincing case that this important aspect of medical practice severely overlooked. While her suggestions for solving this problem are not entirely clear, it seems important to ask these questions.