Doctors by Erich Segal

Gentlemen, I urge you to engrave this on the template of your memories: there are thousands of diseases in this world, but Medical Science only has an empirical cure for twenty six of them. The rest is...guesswork.’ Erich Segal in Doctors.
Graduating from Harvard himself this is one of the best works of Erich Segal centering around the lives of Harvard medical students. This is one of my all time favourite books. The story is based on the two central characters Barney Livingstone and Laura Castellano. It has Kenneth who rises above racial discrimination to excel in his field.. It has Seth who is a mad genius.. All in all it is a book about doctors who lead such a glamorous yet unglamorous life.......
The book is written in a simple and lucid language. You don't need the oxford dictionary by your side. All you Sidney Sheldon readers will be pleasantly surprised by the lack of 'you know what!' The book says that doctors have higher suicide and drug addiction rates than the rest of the population due to the rigorous demands of their profession. We learn that many wannabe doctors give up their lives (or end up demented), as they are unable to cope with the intense pressure of their work. We learn the inner secrets of what happens when doctors goof up in their practice and the politics that affects even this profession. Concepts like euthanasia and doctor’s ethics are touched upon, not to mention the adrenaline of the operating room. There is a lot of medical knowledge to be found here and many exciting hospital room scenes.
All in all 'Doctors' is one of the great master pieces written by none other than a legend himself. It is one of the best books I have read . And when you do close the book you are going to have the fuzzy feeling you have after you finish reading a book with a great plot and story-line. So enjoy!