FURTHER READING
Resources to help you investigate further
MY MOST RECENTLY READ
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
While not explicitly a medical text, the biography of MLK, Jr. is instructive in how to treat your neighbour as well as your enemy. As a champion of equity and justice, MLK has a lot to say that doctors and healthcare practitioners would do well to hear.
MEDICAL APARTHEID
Harriet A. Washington
An account of the mistreatment of Black people by the medical establishment in America. By framing atrocities of the past, Washington sheds light on what we must change today to practice the values we purport to uphold.
THIS IS GOING TO HURT
Adam Kay
An obstetrician and gynecologist trainee, Adam Kay delivers the diary of his time in residency with the wit and honesty that discussions about medical practice truly lack. This is an unvarnished look at how medicine can take its toll on both patients and healthcare workers.
WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR
Paul Kalanithi
Through the tragedy of its author, When Breath Becomes Air shows the reader there can be hope and joy in one's struggles. Dr. Kalanithi forces you to examine what is important to oneself, and in so dong, to live with purpose and without regret.