Medicine:The Deadly Dinner Party
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| Author | Jonathan A. Edlow |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
Publication date | 2009 |
| ISBN | 978-0-300-12558-0 |
The Deadly Dinner Party and Other Medical Detective Stories (2009, ISBN 978-0-300-12558-0) is a nonfiction book by Jonathan A. Edlow, MD about medical mysteries.[1]
The book contains fifteen real-life stories of everyday people caught up in medical crises that take deduction and detective work to solve, and to determine a correct diagnosis.[2][3] The book has been compared to the "medical mystery" books of Berton Roueché.[4] The book is published by Yale University Press.
Reception
In a review for New Scientist, Druin Burch wrote that the "collection of bite-sized essays about obscure infections, poisons and diseases […] make an enjoyable and interesting book. The stories don’t flow, but they do add up to more than a list of anecdotes […]."[4]
In The New York Review of Books, Jerome Groopman described how Edlow wrote in "clear and fluid prose" about unusual diagnoses and the ultimate need for a "discerning doctor".[5]
See also
- Diagnosis
- Medical ethics
- How Doctors Think
- Fatal Care: Survive in the U.S. Health System
References
- ↑ "Jonathan Edlow | Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians | International Projects Emergency Medicine International Projects" (in en-US). https://www.emc-hmfp.org/jonathan-edlow.
- ↑ "The Deadly Dinner Party" (in en-US). https://yalebooks.yale.edu/9780300171266/the-deadly-dinner-party.
- ↑ Edlow, Jonathan A. (2009). The Deadly Dinner Party: and Other Medical Detective Stories. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12558-0. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1npgq5.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Burch, Druin (2009-10-07). "Review: The Deadly Dinner Party by Jonathan Edlow; Diagnosis by Lisa Sanders". https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427296-000-review-the-deadly-dinner-party-by-jonathan-edlow-diagnosis-by-lisa-sanders/.
- ↑ Groopman, Jerome (2009-11-05). "Diagnosis: What Doctors are Missing". https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2009/11/05/diagnosis-what-doctors-are-missing/.
External links
- Review of book in The New York Review of Books (November 5, 2009)
- Review in New Scientist (October 11, 2009)
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