Physician, curb thyself

摘要

THIS IS A golden age for books written by doctors, psychoanalysts, surgeons and the like. In Britain, "This Is Going To Hurt", Adam Kay's memoir about his time as a junior doctor, has featured on bestseller lists for months. Atul Gawande, an American surgeon, has written a series of thoughtful inquiries into the limits of surgical intervention and end-of-life care. Books by Oliver Sacks, a neurosurgeon who popularised the genre with works such as "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" before his death in 2015, are still being published.