Do No Harm

<p>...this book is a must-read for anyone whose life has been touched by mental illness. <strong>-Alfredo Botello award-winning author of <em>180 Days</em></strong></p><p>A harrowing no-holds-barred exploration of modern medicine and what it does to one man's mind. <strong>-Liam Callanan award-winning author of <em>When in Rome Paris by the Book The Cloud Atlas All Saints Listen & Other Stories</em></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Medical students and physicians in training are often pushed to the brink working long hours under intense pressure and scrutiny for years. In their quest to heal others doctors' families and friends sometimes become collateral damage as relationships are destroyed. In </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Do No Harm</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> we see a fictionalized account of one surgeon whose traumatic childhood inspires him to become a doctor instead of following his heart which is playing jazz. Michael the doctor is pushed to the brink emotionally and physically when trying to survive surgical internships and once again when practicing as a burn surgeon. It's a sobering tale of mental illness that takes readers on a deep dive into the hardened sometimes unforgiving culture of medical training the dysfunctional business side that follows and the toll it all takes on the individual.</span></p>