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“An entertaining and eminently readable book, Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole. Demystifying the art and practice of healing neurological disorders, he turns a keen eye on his patients, interviewing them and recounting stories straight from the hospital front.†―Huffington Post“Dr. Ropper comes through as the very model of a modern neurologist, an elegant combination of Fast Medicine and Slow Medicine, expert in the panoply of diagnostic techniques developed since Hippocrates: from clinical neurologic exam to MRI to neuropathology lab. What he models for us is the essence of good doctoring attention, carefulness, and Oslerian dedication; he throws in, for good measure, his own irony and humor. Listening to the Brain is well written and intriguing, deep but light; it reveals the complexity, the demands, the satisfactions and the regrets of what it means to be a true physician.†―Elizabeth Loftus, author of The Myth of Repressed Memory
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About the Author
Dr. Allan H. Ropper is a Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Raymond D. Adams Master Clinician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He is credited with founding the field of neurological intensive care and counts Michael J. Fox among his patients.Brian David Burrell is the author of Postcards from the Brain Museum. He has appeared on the Today Show, Booknotes, and NPR's Morning Edition. He divides his time between writing and statistical research with neuroscientific applications.
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Product details
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition (September 8, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1250070406
ISBN-13: 978-1250070401
Product Dimensions:
5.5 x 0.8 x 8.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.4 out of 5 stars
151 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#185,781 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
With the practice of medicine changing constantly, it was comforting to read this clearly written book by Dr. Allan Ropper, Harvard professor and clinical neurologist. This book is written so that the reader feels as though Dr. Ropper and his co-author, Professor Burrell are explaining the constant and delicate balancing act of being a good doctor as well as being a good human being. Yet,there is no sugar-coating here. Some of the cases are just heartbreaking, but this is not a work of fiction. I would highly recommend this book for everyone and anyone in the medical and allied health fields as well as to patients and the families of patients who have had more than a passing acquaintance with diseases of the brain...and God knows, there are many...patients as well as diseases. I am glad I was not the editor of this book since it, that is, the book, would have been double the size if I had. Those of us that have read "Reaching Down...." are already looking forward to Dr. Ropper's next book...especially those of us who have been down the proverbial "rabbit hole" or know someone who has.
I just finished reading this book. It took me more than a few days because I parsed it out to myself, wanting to make it last and wanting to savor its pieces. I especially wanted, or needed, to contemplate the juxtaposed stories of two ALS patients who chose such different paths for themselves. Granted, their experiences of the disease were very different, but still the skillful telling caused me to enter a contemplative state for several days, especially after the recently publicized and much debated case of a woman with terminal brain cancer choosing to "die with dignity" in Portland, Oregon, where there is a law protecting her right to do so. There are many stories that I found at once fascinating, heartrending, and reassuring. It is good to know that there are still practitioners like Dr. Ropper, with such great intellect and compassion, relying on the oldest and still most consistently relevant tools in the diagnostic toolbox: observing, questioning, listening, and learning and remembering. This is great story telling. It's about brains and muscles and bones, all with a medical and scientific backdrop...but in the beginning and in the end, it's about human beings, the ones who hurt and the ones who help.
Plenty in this book to satisfy anyone who appreciates medical facts. Accounts of various brain diseases, the effects of such on his patients and how treating and interacting with these patients shaped him into the distinguished doctor he became, is told from the personal perspective of Dr. Allan Ropper, a renowned neurologist. A great read, this book lays bare the brutality of life-changing or terminal illnesses which may be uncomfortable from some to read. Highly recommended, immensely interesting and informative. My only complaint is that the book has a last page! I wanted more.
This is a great book. But first, a disclaimer: I am a pediatrician, which means that, although I do not routinely deal with the diseases Dr. Ropper describes, I am familiar with them, the concepts and the language. Still, I am sure that non-health care providers would appreciate and learn from his book.Dr. Ropper is a brilliant and insightful clinician who is able to articulate the medical issues and thepsychological and ethical problems faced by physicians who think and care deeply about their patients.Early in the book, he makes some amazing diagnoses. While I was impressed, I was concerned that the book might consist of a string of self-congratulatory episodes. Not at all. Dr. Ropper freely admits to the limits of medical knowledge as well as his own. But most impressive is the long section which makes up the last part of the book, addressing the challenges to doctor, patient and family of dealing with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). As a physician, what can I do that would be helpful to my patient facing a terminal illness? As a patient, what decisions would I make for myself? I found myself oscillating between the roles of physician and patient. The writing draws you in. In the end, I felt I had witnessed not only the workings of an astute medical mind, but also a highly sensitive, caring human being.
As a doctor in training, I used to follow Dr Ropper's scholarly papers, and has been always amused by the diversity of neurological illnesses he has written about and is an expert in. And now as a neurology post graduate resident, I jumped at this book as soon as it came out and then bought the kindle edition and most recently, got the audio-book as well. So, in effect, I have read this book three times already and still play a random chapter from the audiobook (mostly Chapter 7: A Story Is Worth A Thousand Pictures) when I am doing something mundane. Interestingly enough, after nearly 5 years into neurology/neurosciences, it took a book like this to tell me why I love this art and science. It's "the brain in its all messy glory" and the intrigue of the organ "that makes poetry", as Dr Ropper's book puts it. As a resident, I am increasingly asked by medical students interested in seeing what life is like, as a Neurologist, and I think I can confidently now recommend this book to those folks.
I am neither a med student nor an MD but I found this book very interesting and easy to read. I ordered this book after reading a review in the NYT titled "If House were a Neurologist". I even gave it as a gift to a House, MD fan.The book is a series of unusual neurological cases, like those on the TV show, but without the sarcasm. My only complaint is the Italian-American as Mafia stereotype. It shows how neurologists think and reason. In a way, it is somewhat philosophical. If you like medical non-fiction, buy this book. I recommend the ebook because of the vocabulary. Being able to touch a word and immediately have the definition is very useful.
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