Another Review at MyShelf.Com

Monday Mornings
Sanjay Gupta, MD
Read by Christian Rummel

Hachette Audio
Grand Central Publishing
March 13, 2012 / ISBN: 978-1-61113-548-0
Fiction / Doctors/ Medical / Stories / Audio Book / Approx: 10 hours
Amazon

Reviewed by Linda Young

This is the story of five surgeons. Every time a surgeon cuts open the human body they are betting that their skills have the ability to overcome the life threatening procedures they must perform to save that patients life. Most times they are right. But, sometimes they're wrong. At Chelsea General, these surgeons answer for bad outcomes at the Morbidity and Mortality Conference, known as M&M. This incredible look behind the scenes into what is considered to be one of the most secret meetings in the world of medicine is the groundwork for Sanjay Gupta M.D.'s first novel.

Monday Mornings follows the lives of these five surgeons not only in their everyday trials of life, but also as they push their skills to the limits and confront their personal and professional mistakes, often in front of their peers at M&M. Doctor Gupta, who is also a practicing neurosurgeon, gives us a rare opportunity to see into the high-pressure world of medicine as he presents to us a finely drawn out picture of how surgeons learn - through their mistakes.

Doctor Gupta is a medical correspondent for CNN, a practicing neurosurgeon at Emory University Hospital and associate chief of service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. I have seen Dr. Gupta many times throughout the years on CNN. I had a feeling this would be a good book, and I was right. It is written very well so that we non-medical people can understand what is going on. I was very impressed with it.

Christian Rummel, who reads this book, has a very pleasant voice and does an excellent job. He is easy to listen to. He has narrated over one hundred audiobook titles in a variety of genres. I highly recommend this book.

Reviewer's Note: Some adult language
Reviewed 2012
© MyShelf.com