Sunday, March 23, 2008

Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside by Katrina Firlik

When I'm on vacation, I don't read anything about psychology. So I picked up this book about brain surgery.

Firlik describes her path of becoming a neurosurgeon, including her seven-year residency. It's informative and she describes stuff so that us non-neurosurgeons and non-MDs can understand a bit more about the brain. It was pretty interesting and well-written. However, there's a reason why I'm not in the medical field: I'm not a fan of blood. Even just reading some of the descriptions of things she's seen made me squirm a bit and wiggle my toes.

One more week of spring break, and then it's back to reading about psychology.

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