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Code Gray: Death, Life, and Uncertainty in the ER
By Farzon A. Nahvi, M.D.
A physician pulls back the curtain on emergency medicine.
American Autopsy: One Medical Examiner’s Decades-Long Fight for Racial Justice in a Broken Legal System
By Michael M. Baden, M.D.
A noted forensic pathologist shares the horror of what he’s seen.
The Mind and the Moon: My Brother’s Story, the Science of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches
By Daniel Bergner
It’s time to rethink our approach to mental illness.
The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I
By Lindsey Fitzharris
An affecting yet disorderly account of a pioneering doctor’s life-changing work.
Meet the warriors trying to save us from the next pandemic — and ourselves.
The stories are grim, but there’s cause for optimism.
World War C: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One
By Sanjay Gupta, M.D.
A valuable primer on what we’ve been through and what may be to come.
Who Says You’re Dead?
By Jacob M. Appel
An uncomplicated guide to highly complicated issues.