{"product_id":"the-laws-of-medicine-field-notes-from-an-uncertain-science-9781476784847","title":"The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Siddhartha Mukherjee\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\/ Ted\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\/ Ted\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssential, required reading for doctors and patients alike: A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and one of the world's premiere cancer researchers reveals an urgent philosophy on the little-known principles that govern medicine--and how understanding these principles can empower us all.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver a decade ago, when Siddhartha Mukherjee was a young, exhausted, and isolated medical resident, he discovered a book that would forever change the way he understood the medical profession. The book, \u003ci\u003eThe Youngest Science\u003c\/i\u003e, forced Dr. Mukherjee to ask himself an urgent, fundamental question: Is medicine a \"science\"? Sciences must have laws--statements of truth based on repeated experiments that describe some universal attribute of nature. But does medicine have laws like other sciences? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Mukherjee has spent his career pondering this question--a question that would ultimately produce some of most serious thinking he would do around the tenets of his discipline--culminating in \u003ci\u003eThe Laws of Medicine. \u003c\/i\u003eIn this important treatise, he investigates the most perplexing and illuminating cases of his career that ultimately led him to identify the three key principles that govern medicine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrimming with fascinating historical details and modern medical wonders, this important book is a fascinating glimpse into the struggles and Eureka! moments that people outside of the medical profession rarely see. Written with Dr. Mukherjee's signature eloquence and passionate prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Laws of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical read, not just for those in the medical profession, but for everyone who is moved to better understand how their health and well-being is being treated. Ultimately, this book lays the groundwork for a new way of understanding medicine, now and into the future.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster\/ Ted","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45135103885463,"sku":"9781476784847","price":1209.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476784847.webp?v=1769199053","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-laws-of-medicine-field-notes-from-an-uncertain-science-9781476784847","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}