Book Review : Dear People, with Love and Care, Your Doctors

Book Review : Dear People,  with Love and Care, Your Doctors

'While doctors do their best to save lives, it is important to accept that a successful outcome is sometimes beyond their control.'

Title - Dear People, with Love and Care, 
            Your Doctors
Authors - Debraj Shome

               Aparna Govil Bhasker 

Publisher - Bloomsbury 

Genre - non fiction

Pages - 294

Format - paperback

Blurb - From time immemorial, medicine has remained one of the most respected professions. Trust formed the unshakeable foundation of the doctor-patient relationship and, for long, doctors were treated next to God. 

In recent times, though, this sacred relationship is suffering from an erosion of faith. We often hear discouraging stories of doctors being abused and hospitals vandalised. The narrative is gradually turning negative-a dismal reality for both doctors and patients. We tend to forget that there are many great things happening in the medical world. Today, we are living much longer, we have managed to eradicate many diseases, we have vaccines that prevent our children from dying, life-saving surgeries are being performed while the baby is still in the womb, and we can give the gift of life to someone by transplanting vital organs. Medical miracles are happening every day in hospitals worldwide.

This book is a collection of heartfelt stories by doctors and patients from across the globe. These are stories of triumph, empathy, positivity, loss and, sometimes, failure. It goes one step ahead and captures the experience of people who surround a doctor-the mother of a doctor, a surgeon's husband and an acid attack survivor-stories that underline that a doctor too is a human being after all. Human resilience can often break barriers, and these stories serve as inspiration to both patients and doctors alike.

Riveting and absolutely unputdownable, Dear People gives an inside view of the world of medicine and hopes to inspire millions to retain faith in this beautiful relationship.

Dear People contains 34 stories which are written by different doctors from their real life experiences. This book gives an inside view of the world of medicine and hopes to inspire millions to retain faith in the beautiful relationship of doctor and patient. 

Grab the book to know more about the life of a doctor. 

Review -

1) The cover of the book is sober and seems to be as pure as the profession of a doctor. The title of the book is apt to the content. 

2) The plot is unique and amazing. In this book different stories of hope, positivity, success, failure, struggle, loss, survival etc are very well narrated by the authors. 

3) The book is divided into 34 chapters and each chapter starts with a beautiful quote and ends up with 'Did you know?'. 

'Did You Know' is an important part which is very knowledgeable and informative.

4) All the stories in this book are very much emotinal and inspiring which has the power to touch one's heart. 

5) In this book, many technological words which are related to medical science are used but they are explained very well. 

6) The language used by the authors is simple and the writing style is captivating. 

7) Hats off to the doctors for writing this book about the doctor patient relationship which is so inspiring. 

8) Overall, a must read. 

Rating - 5/5

I highly recommend this book to all.

About the authors -

Dr Debraj Shome is a surgeon, specialising in facial plastic surgery and facial cosmetic surgery. He is the co-founder and director at The Esthetic Clinics, which has multiple centres across India. Known for his breakthrough innovations in facial plastic surgery, Dr Shome has received many awards. He has more than 55 research papers written in top peer-reviewed international publications along with a US patent to his credit for inventing the QR 678 hair growth formulation. He was the first recipient from Asia and the youngest globally to be awarded the prestigious Davies Foundation Grant Award by the Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow, in 2010. Besides clinical work, Dr Shome is the Director of the Debabrata Auro Foundation.

Dr Aparna Govil Bhasker is a bariatric and laparoscopic general surgeon and practises in the city of Mumbai. She is associated with Global, Currae, Namaha, Suchak and Apollo group of hospitals. She has multiple publications and numerous book chapters to her credit. She is the managing committee member of several surgical societies and has a keen interest in clinical research. She is the co-founder of Debabrata Auro Foundation.

Thanks for reading.