10 books that taught me more about life + death than I learned in 6 years of medical school:

#1: Dear Life by @doctor_oxford:
@doctor_oxford #2: The diving bell and the butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby:
@doctor_oxford #3: This is going to hurt by @amateuradam:
@doctor_oxford @amateuradam #4: When breath becomes air by Paul Kalanithi:
@doctor_oxford @amateuradam #5: Being mortal by @Atul_Gawande:
@doctor_oxford @amateuradam @Atul_Gawande #6: Do no harm by Henry Marsh:
@doctor_oxford @amateuradam @Atul_Gawande #7: Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers by @mary_roach:
@doctor_oxford @amateuradam @Atul_Gawande @mary_roach #8: I knew a woman: four women patients and their female caregivers by Cortney Davis:
@doctor_oxford @amateuradam @Atul_Gawande @mary_roach #9: The courage to care by @tinysunbird:
@doctor_oxford @amateuradam @Atul_Gawande @mary_roach @tinysunbird #10: Bad science by @bengoldacre:
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