Incidental Findings
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Incidental Findings: Lessons from My Patients in the Art of Medicine (Beacon Press, 2005) opens with a dramatic tale of the tables being turned on Dr. Ofri: She’s had to shed the precious white coat and credentials she worked so hard to earn and enter her own hospital as a patient.
The New York Times called it “equal parts The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Kitchen Confidential… [T]houghtful and honest.” Read more reviews … Chapter 1–Living Will–was selected by Susan Orlean for Best American Essays 2005. Read it here! Or listen to the author read it. Chapter 2–Common Ground–was selected by Oliver Sacks for Best American Science Writing 2003 Free Reader’s Guide for reading groups or teaching. Read more reviews.
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See Danielle Ofri read the dramatic tale “Tools of the Trade” from Incidental Findings: Lessons from My Patients in the Art of Medicine. Filmed at Northwest College.