What to Read After The Young Doctors by Frank G. Slaughter

Power flows from senior surgeons and department heads down to interns and residents, and that chain of command shapes who gets to make decisions, who takes the blame, and who is allowed to grow. Best for readers interested in the medical profession as a lived environment, but may feel challenging if you seek rapid-fire plotting, contemporary perspectives on healthcare.

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The Young Doctors

Frank G. Slaughter
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Dust 92

Dust

Hugh Howey

Aligned: tone Shift: demanding

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Net Force

Tom Clancy & Steve Pieczenik
Strong continuation 90/100
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The BFG

Roald Dahl
Strong continuation 90/100
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Same Territory, Different Shape

Distant Star

Roberto Bolaño
Close continuation 71/100
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The Polish Complex

Tadeusz Konwicki
Close continuation 71/100
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My Struggle Book 6

Karl Ove Knausgård
Close continuation 71/100
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Under the Yoke

Ivan Vazov
Close continuation 71/100
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If You Want to Shift Direction

Local Woman Missing

Mary Kubica
Gentle shift 63/100
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Nothing Like the Movies

Lynn Painter
Gentle shift 63/100
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Missing Sam

Thrity Umrigar
Gentle shift 63/100
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The Turn of the Key

Ruth Ware
Gentle shift 63/100
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Notes of a Desolate Man

Chu T'ien-wen
Gentle shift 62/100
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No One Writes to the Colonel

Gabriel García Márquez
Gentle shift 56/100
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The Rings of Saturn

W.G. Sebald
Clear shift 50/100
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