Let Me Listen to Your Heart: Writings by Medical Students

By David Svahn and Alan Kozak

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972478108
• ISBN13: 9780972478106
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Bassett Healthcare
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Put down those note cards and read awhile!

I am a second year medical student, halfway through a year filled with hours and hours of lectures, labs, studying, lectures, small groups and then more studying. This book was a much needed reminder of why we all got ourselves into this field--people and the stories they have to tell us.Let Me Listen is a collection of reflections by medical students as they completed a primary care rotation in Cooperstown, NY. All students on the rotation are required to write about their experiences, and this book is a compilation of the best pieces. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to any medical student. It will be just the thing to cure those highlighter blues! I also recommend it to those involved in medical education. I think it would be useful for all of us to record our experiences with patients from time to time. This collection of essays and poems was a pleasure to read and I look forward to picking up this book again and again whenever I need a break from the second year deluge of information.

Humanity in Medicine

As a practicing physician, I see all too many signs of the decline of medical care in our country. This collection of writings by medical students goes a long way towards restoring my faith in the next generation of physicians. Nicely edited and organized, Let Me Listen To Your Heart gives hope that in our ever-busier world, young physicians are learning more than how to deal with insurance companies and how to practice defensive medicine. Patients as well as every practicing physician should read this book.

medical prose at its best...

this collection of writings by medical students is a touching collection of "amateur" writing at its very best! it is a moving glimpse into the human side of medicine -- to be enjoyed by medical and nonmedical readers alike. a tribute to the emotions and humanity of medicine - refreshing and inspiring.