Why read M. D.?

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This is a novel about doctors: what they do to each other and to their patients. And what their patients do to them. The heroes are young doctors, fresh out of medical school and taking the blame for disease and random disaster.

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1 author picked M. D. as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Allan Hunter

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This book is a typical first-person account of a student in a program (medical, in this case) who encounters some discrepancies between the idealistically-drawn portrait of how a medical school is supposed to operate and the actual realities in which jealousies, territoriality, and the ongoing scramble to acquire and defend power within the institution play a major role. The main character is naïve to such considerations until they are made apparent to him.

From Allan's list on The best fish out of water tales: memoirs from interns, activists, feminists and others.