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 Man's 4th Best Hospital , 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...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 Man's 4th Best Hospital , 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 Women and Men. See less
Samuel Shem's Featured Books
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 Spirit of the Place
A Mixed Review
(This review is for the Advanced Reading Copy) A 40-year old doctor returns to his hometown at his mother's death and finds that the terms of the will require him to stay there for a year and ... 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
