Samuel Shem
Samuel Shem is a novelist, playwright, and a member of the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center. His novels include The House of God, Mount Misery, Fine, and The Spirit of the Place . He is coauthor with his wife, Janet Surrey, of the hit Off-Broadway play Bill W. and Dr. Bob , the story of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous (winner of the 2007 Performing Arts Award of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence), and We Have to Talk:...See more
Samuel Shem is a novelist, playwright, and a member of the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center. His novels include The House of God, Mount Misery, Fine, and The Spirit of the Place . He is coauthor with his wife, Janet Surrey, of the hit Off-Broadway play Bill W. and Dr. Bob , the story of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous (winner of the 2007 Performing Arts Award of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence), and We Have to Talk: Healing Dialogues Between Men and Women . See less
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Samuel Shem book reviews
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The House of God: The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital
Loved this story about hospitals
I work in a small, rural hospital. I learned about this book while reading another medical book and had to get it. I loved it - could really relate to all the people and circumstances. I found the ... Read More
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The House of God: The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital
A nice historical piece on hospital interns
by tomad51, Nov 3, 2011
This is a classic work on interns and their challenges and foibles alone and with patients and each other. It gives a human face to hospital medical preparation of MD's. Read More
