Doctors

As someone that has gone through the unique experience of medical school (and survived) I have to say that although this book is fiction, it is the closest thing to my own experience that I have found. If you want a clear representation of what medical school is like, this is the book. I highly reccomend it for anyone who is interested in going to medical school.

I felt like Erich Segal had researched my own life and experiences to write his book. Many of my own sleepless nights studying, worrying, questioning my own abilities and sacrifice for my hopeful profession are experienced by the characters in this wonderful book. If any of you out there wonder what medical school or being a doctor is really like, other than ER, I don't think you'll get anything better than this. I think the only thing that detracted from the realism is that many chapters explored the characters lives in what was years in a chapter, but this was necessary or the book would have been at least ten times longer.

A great book thst anyone, not just aspiring doctors can relate to. Quite real and made me think hard and long about my career decision to be a medical practitioner

the story of harvard med school students and the careers theypursue is moving and fascinating. anyone w/ an interest in medicinewill enjoy it but segal goes beyond this, tieing the story into theevents of the times, from the liberation of nazi concentration camps to the black panthers movement of the 1960s. i'm from new haven, ct. where segal puts the panthers and i remember their presence from childhood. of course the main focus is the on the medical profession which segal has researched thorougly to tell the story of the students and doctors and the work they do. case after case is presented here in highly readable fashion. the book is very long, but never boring as the story moves along steadily and the reader becomes involved with the characters, especially barney and laura, the childhood friends from brooklyn who go on to harvard law and successful careers in psychiatry and children's medicine. END

ever since, i've never wanted to be a doctor because i hate the sight of blood. when my friend first showed me this book, i was quite intrigued because until that time i have no idea how doctors are. well, i see them in hospitals during annual check-up and all that but i had no idea what dilemmas they face in real life-and-death situations similar to the events in the novel. after reading, i somehow felt the pain and glory of being a doctor. because of this novel, i now understand what it feels like to be a 'doctor' to somebody. highly recommended.