Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab (Audiobook)

from cait815

I really enjoyed this book, probably because I could relate so much of what the author described to my own experiences with cadaveric dissection - everything from trying to find the right balance of humor and respectfulness in the lab, to the rush of emotions you feel when you see that your cadav...

from porchsitter55

Intelligent, intriguing, beautiful, horrible.....all these words accurately describe this memoir of a young woman's entry into the world of the human anatomy lab. Christine began her journey with unbridled anticipation of what she would encounter during her first semester at medical school. What ...

from porchsitter55

Intelligent, intriguing, beautiful, horrible.....all these words accurately describe this memoir of a young woman's entry into the world of the human anatomy lab. Christine began her journey with unbridled anticipation of what she would encounter during her first semester at medical school. What ...

from TimBazzett

BODY OF WORK is, I suppose, pretty much what its subtitle, MEDITATIONS ON MORTALITY FROM THE HUMAN ANATOMY LAB, promises it will be. I think I wanted it to be more memoir than it was, but then that's just me, not the author's fault. I found it to be, overall, only mildly interesting. The sections...

from Meggo

An excellent story of one medical student's experience in the gross anatomy lab, overlaid with personal stories and reflections. Told predominantly from her perspective as a first year medical student, the story is eminently human and readable. She has not yet begun to truly objectify patients as...