Dr. Samuel Shem on Our Hospital

Searching for Medicine’s Soul

English - November 16, 2023 13:00 - 33 minutes - 60.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
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In this episode, Aaron is joined by psychiatrist and novelist Samuel Shem, who wrote the satirical novel House of God. Aaron and Samuel discuss Samuel’s latest and final novel in the House of God series, Our Hospital. The book serves as a reflection of the truth of medicine during COVID in which hospitals are driven by profit over humanity.