The Doctor Stories
Book description
The Doctor Stories collects thirteen of Williams's stories (direct accounts of his experiences as a doctor), six related poems, and a chapter from his autobiography that connects the world of medicine and writing, as well as a new preface by Atul Gawande, an introduction by Robert Coles (who put the…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Doctor Stories as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
While this book is characterized as fiction, what captivated me most was the authenticity of the vignettes he tells. I was drawn to the creative renditions of the so-called “mundane” work of this general practitioner from Patterson, New Jersey. But these stories are anything but mundane.
I have never been so on the edge of my seat as I was during his family saga of attending to a sick girl during a house call. “The Use of Force,” as the story is called, made me understand what a tour de force meant.
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