Themes Lists Trending New
Start free trial
EnglishEnglish
EspañolSpanish
简体中文Chinese
繁體中文Chinese (Traditional)
FrançaisFrench
DeutschGerman
日本語Japanese
PortuguêsPortuguese
ItalianoItalian
한국어Korean
РусскийRussian
NederlandsDutch
العربيةArabic
PolskiPolish
हिन्दीHindi
Tiếng ViệtVietnamese
SvenskaSwedish
ΕλληνικάGreek
TürkçeTurkish
ไทยThai
ČeštinaCzech
RomânăRomanian
MagyarHungarian
УкраїнськаUkrainian
IndonesiaIndonesian
DanskDanish
SuomiFinnish
БългарскиBulgarian
עבריתHebrew
NorskNorwegian
HrvatskiCroatian
CatalàCatalan
SlovenčinaSlovak
LietuviųLithuanian
SlovenščinaSlovenian
СрпскиSerbian
EestiEstonian
LatviešuLatvian
فارسیPersian
മലയാളംMalayalam
தமிழ்Tamil
اردوUrdu
SoBrief
Searching...

📝 Advance Directives

Essential reading on planning for end-of-life decisions, empowering individuals to articulate their medical wishes before a crisis makes communication impossible.
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death
by Aroop Mangalik • 2017
Write your advance directive before the hospital writes your death. A doctor shows how and why.
4.00
14
🫀 End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance🤲 Palliative Care
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death Summary
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death 90%
Write your advance directive before the hospital writes your death. A doctor shows how and why.
by Aroop Mangalik 2017
4.00
14 ratings
🫀 End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance🤲 Palliative Care
Knocking on Heaven's Door
by Katy Butler • 2013
Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.
4.12
3k+
🫀 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Medical Overreach🤲 Caregiving
Knocking on Heaven's Door Summary
Knocking on Heaven's Door 88%
Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.
by Katy Butler 2013
4.12
3k+ ratings
🫀 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Medical Overreach🤲 Caregiving
Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande • 2014
Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.
4.49
220k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care👴 Aging With Dignity💀 Facing Mortality
Being Mortal Summary
Being Mortal 88%
Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.
by Atul Gawande 2014
4.49
220k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care👴 Aging With Dignity💀 Facing Mortality
Nothing to Fear
by Julie McFadden • 2024
A hospice nurse explains how a body dies and what to arrange before yours does.
4.41
3k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Death Acceptance💊 Palliative Care
Nothing to Fear Summary
Nothing to Fear 88%
A hospice nurse explains how a body dies and what to arrange before yours does.
by Julie McFadden 2024
4.41
3k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Death Acceptance💊 Palliative Care
Between Life and Death
by Kathryn Butler • 2019
Six to fifteen percent survive CPR to discharge. The numbers Christians need before the ICU crisis.
4.54
221
🕊️ End-Of-Life Care⚖️ Bioethics🏥 Critical Care
Between Life and Death Summary
Between Life and Death 88%
Six to fifteen percent survive CPR to discharge. The numbers Christians need before the ICU crisis.
by Kathryn Butler 2019
4.54
221 ratings
🕊️ End-Of-Life Care⚖️ Bioethics🏥 Critical Care
The Good Doctor
by Barron H. Lerner • 2014
One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.
3.86
189
⚕️ Medical Ethics📜 History Of Medicine👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism
The Good Doctor Summary
The Good Doctor 88%
One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.
by Barron H. Lerner 2014
3.86
189 ratings
⚕️ Medical Ethics📜 History Of Medicine👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism
In Love
by Amy Bloom • 2022
He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.
4.26
26k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🧠 Dementia Memoirs🌊 Anticipatory Grief
In Love Summary
In Love 88%
He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.
by Amy Bloom 2022
4.26
26k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🧠 Dementia Memoirs🌊 Anticipatory Grief
How We Die
by Sherwin B. Nuland • 1994
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
4.07
9k+
🩺 End Of Life Care💀 Death And Dying🧬 Physiology Of Dying
How We Die Summary
How We Die 87%
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
by Sherwin B. Nuland 1994
4.07
9k+ ratings
🩺 End Of Life Care💀 Death And Dying🧬 Physiology Of Dying
The Etiquette of Illness
by Susan P. Halpern • 2004
What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.
3.76
601
🗣️ Difficult Conversations🏥 End Of Life Care🤲 Caregiving
The Etiquette of Illness Summary
The Etiquette of Illness 87%
What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.
by Susan P. Halpern 2004
3.76
601 ratings
🗣️ Difficult Conversations🏥 End Of Life Care🤲 Caregiving
Passages in Caregiving
by Gail Sheehy • 2010
No one handed you a map. The predictable stages and the team you need to survive.
4.13
287
🧓 Elder Care🤝 Caregiver Support🏥 Healthcare Navigation
Passages in Caregiving Summary
Passages in Caregiving 87%
No one handed you a map. The predictable stages and the team you need to survive.
by Gail Sheehy 2010
4.13
287 ratings
🧓 Elder Care🤝 Caregiver Support🏥 Healthcare Navigation
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi • 2016
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
4.41
820k+
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir
When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air 87%
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
by Paul Kalanithi 2016
4.41
820k+ ratings
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir
Every Deep-Drawn Breath
by Wes Ely • 2021
ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.
4.35
2k+
🫁 Critical Care🤝 Patient-Centered Care💛 Humanistic Medicine
Every Deep-Drawn Breath Summary
Every Deep-Drawn Breath 87%
ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.
by Wes Ely 2021
4.35
2k+ ratings
🫁 Critical Care🤝 Patient-Centered Care💛 Humanistic Medicine
Dementia Reimagined
by Tia Powell • 2019
Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.
3.90
445
🧠 Dementia Care🧓 Aging And Health🕊️ End-Of-Life Care
Dementia Reimagined Summary
Dementia Reimagined 87%
Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.
by Tia Powell 2019
3.90
445 ratings
🧠 Dementia Care🧓 Aging And Health🕊️ End-Of-Life Care
Die Wise
by Stephen Jenkinson • 2015
Palliative care has made dying longer and more terrifying. A veteran caregiver explains why.
4.34
861
🩺 Palliative Care🕯️ Conscious Dying💔 Grief Work
Die Wise Summary
Die Wise 87%
Palliative care has made dying longer and more terrifying. A veteran caregiver explains why.
by Stephen Jenkinson 2015
4.34
861 ratings
🩺 Palliative Care🕯️ Conscious Dying💔 Grief Work
High Risk
by Chavi Eve Karkowsky • 2020
A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.
4.39
803
🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy⚖️ Medical Ethics
High Risk Summary
High Risk 87%
A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.
by Chavi Eve Karkowsky 2020
4.39
803 ratings
🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy⚖️ Medical Ethics
How to Be a Patient
by Sana Goldberg • 2019
How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.
4.10
203
🗣️ Patient Advocacy🧭 Healthcare Navigation💬 Talking To Doctors
How to Be a Patient Summary
How to Be a Patient 86%
How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.
by Sana Goldberg 2019
4.10
203 ratings
🗣️ Patient Advocacy🧭 Healthcare Navigation💬 Talking To Doctors
On Death and Dying
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 1969
Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.
4.16
28k+
🩺 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Terminal Illness🕊️ Death Acceptance
On Death and Dying Summary
On Death and Dying 86%
Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1969
4.16
28k+ ratings
🩺 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Terminal Illness🕊️ Death Acceptance
My Father's Brain
by Sandeep Jauhar • 2023
A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.
4.13
2k+
🧠 Dementia Care🧬 Alzheimers Disease🩺 Medical Memoir
My Father's Brain Summary
My Father's Brain 86%
A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.
by Sandeep Jauhar 2023
4.13
2k+ ratings
🧠 Dementia Care🧬 Alzheimers Disease🩺 Medical Memoir
Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor
by Micht Albom • 2013
Un profesor se muere. Durante meses le enseña a su antiguo alumno lo esencial para vivir.
4.10
29
🏥 Illness Memoir🕊️ End-Of-Life Wisdom🤝 Humanistic Philosophy
Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor Summary
Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor 86%
Un profesor se muere. Durante meses le enseña a su antiguo alumno lo esencial para vivir.
by Micht Albom 2013
4.10
29 ratings
🏥 Illness Memoir🕊️ End-Of-Life Wisdom🤝 Humanistic Philosophy
The In-Between
by Hadley Vlahos • 2023
A patient asks for a slice of cake. A hospice nurse learns the secret the dying know.
4.49
51k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care✍️ Nursing Memoirs👻 Deathbed Visions
The In-Between Summary
The In-Between 86%
A patient asks for a slice of cake. A hospice nurse learns the secret the dying know.
by Hadley Vlahos 2023
4.49
51k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care✍️ Nursing Memoirs👻 Deathbed Visions
The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers
by Barry J. Jacobs • 2006
The emotional roadmap: care for your aging parent without losing your marriage, sanity, or self.
3.93
57
👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving👴 Elder Care💪 Emotional Resilience
The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers Summary
The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers 86%
The emotional roadmap: care for your aging parent without losing your marriage, sanity, or self.
by Barry J. Jacobs 2006
3.93
57 ratings
👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving👴 Elder Care💪 Emotional Resilience
The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care
by Sally C. Pipes • 2008
The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.
3.54
24
🏥 Healthcare Policy📉 Free-Market Economics🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique
The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care Summary
The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care 86%
The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.
by Sally C. Pipes 2008
3.54
24 ratings
🏥 Healthcare Policy📉 Free-Market Economics🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
by Margareta Magnusson • 2017
The decluttering practice from Sweden that spares your family the job no one should inherit.
3.42
34k+
🏠 Decluttering🪦 Death And Dying📋 End-Of-Life Planning
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning Summary
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning 86%
The decluttering practice from Sweden that spares your family the job no one should inherit.
by Margareta Magnusson 2017
3.42
34k+ ratings
🏠 Decluttering🪦 Death And Dying📋 End-Of-Life Planning
What Seems to Be the Problem?
by Laura Marshall-Andrews • 2022
She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.
4.18
299
🏥 General Practice📋 Nhs Memoirs🌿 Holistic Medicine
What Seems to Be the Problem? Summary
What Seems to Be the Problem? 86%
She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.
by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022
4.18
299 ratings
🏥 General Practice📋 Nhs Memoirs🌿 Holistic Medicine
Do No Harm
by Henry Marsh • 2014
A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.
4.25
43k+
🧠 Neurosurgery✍️ Surgical Memoir⚠️ Medical Mistakes
Do No Harm Summary
Do No Harm 86%
A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.
by Henry Marsh 2014
4.25
43k+ ratings
🧠 Neurosurgery✍️ Surgical Memoir⚠️ Medical Mistakes
A Cancer in the Family
by Theodora Ross • 2016
Your family cancer history is a message; decode it and reduce your risk before diagnosis.
4.11
190
🧬 Hereditary Cancer🧪 Genetic Testing🛡️ Cancer Prevention
A Cancer in the Family Summary
A Cancer in the Family 86%
Your family cancer history is a message; decode it and reduce your risk before diagnosis.
by Theodora Ross 2016
4.11
190 ratings
🧬 Hereditary Cancer🧪 Genetic Testing🛡️ Cancer Prevention
Five Days at Memorial
by Sheri Fink • 2013
How Hurricane Katrina turned Memorial Hospital's doctors from healers into homicide suspects.
3.93
41k+
⚖️ Medical Ethics🌪️ Disaster Response🏢 Organizational Failure
Five Days at Memorial Summary
Five Days at Memorial 86%
How Hurricane Katrina turned Memorial Hospital's doctors from healers into homicide suspects.
by Sheri Fink 2013
3.93
41k+ ratings
⚖️ Medical Ethics🌪️ Disaster Response🏢 Organizational Failure
The Blink of an Eye
by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard • 2018
Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.
4.09
467
🏥 Medical Memoir💤 Coma And Awakening🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation
The Blink of an Eye Summary
The Blink of an Eye 86%
Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.
by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018
4.09
467 ratings
🏥 Medical Memoir💤 Coma And Awakening🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation
In the Land of Pain
by Alphonse Daudet • 1929
Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.
3.68
597
🏥 Chronic Illness✍️ Literary Memoir📖 Illness Narrative
In the Land of Pain Summary
In the Land of Pain 86%
Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.
by Alphonse Daudet 1929
3.68
597 ratings
🏥 Chronic Illness✍️ Literary Memoir📖 Illness Narrative
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time
by Rachel Blythe Kodanaz • 2019
What to do with everything they left behind: a guide to sorting, sharing, and letting go.
4.60
20
🧠 Grief And Loss🪣 Death Cleaning💻 Digital Legacy
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time Summary
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time 86%
What to do with everything they left behind: a guide to sorting, sharing, and letting go.
by Rachel Blythe Kodanaz 2019
4.60
20 ratings
🧠 Grief And Loss🪣 Death Cleaning💻 Digital Legacy
Migrations to Solitude
by Sue Halpern • 1992
Hospitals, homes, monasteries: privacy is vanishing everywhere, and the cost is measured in dignity.
3.34
108
🔐 Privacy Erosion⚕️ Medical Ethics🧘 Contemplative Solitude
Migrations to Solitude Summary
Migrations to Solitude 86%
Hospitals, homes, monasteries: privacy is vanishing everywhere, and the cost is measured in dignity.
by Sue Halpern 1992
3.34
108 ratings
🔐 Privacy Erosion⚕️ Medical Ethics🧘 Contemplative Solitude
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them)
by Sallie Tisdale • 2018
How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.
4.14
2k+
🕊️ End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance🫂 Caregiver Support
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) Summary
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) 86%
How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.
by Sallie Tisdale 2018
4.14
2k+ ratings
🕊️ End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance🫂 Caregiver Support
The 36-Hour Day
by Nancy L. Mace • 1981
Dementia stretches every day past its breaking point. The guide for caring without coming apart.
4.29
5k+
🧠 Dementia Caregiving👴 Elder Care👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving
The 36-Hour Day Summary
The 36-Hour Day 86%
Dementia stretches every day past its breaking point. The guide for caring without coming apart.
by Nancy L. Mace 1981
4.29
5k+ ratings
🧠 Dementia Caregiving👴 Elder Care👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving
The Lost Art of Dying
by Lydia S. Dugdale • 2020
Death terrified the Middle Ages too. Their response can teach us how to die better.
3.98
1k+
🕊️ Death Acceptance⚕️ Medical Ethics💀 Mortality Awareness
The Lost Art of Dying Summary
The Lost Art of Dying 86%
Death terrified the Middle Ages too. Their response can teach us how to die better.
by Lydia S. Dugdale 2020
3.98
1k+ ratings
🕊️ Death Acceptance⚕️ Medical Ethics💀 Mortality Awareness
Get What's Yours for Medicare
by Philip Moeller • 2016
Medicare errors trigger lifetime penalties. The gaps, rules, and fixes the handbook skips.
3.84
258
🏥 Medicare Navigation🛡️ Health Insurance📢 Consumer Advocacy
Get What's Yours for Medicare Summary
Get What's Yours for Medicare 86%
Medicare errors trigger lifetime penalties. The gaps, rules, and fixes the handbook skips.
by Philip Moeller 2016
3.84
258 ratings
🏥 Medicare Navigation🛡️ Health Insurance📢 Consumer Advocacy
Beyond Genetics
by Glenn McGee • 2004
DNA testing, gene therapy, GMOs: what the headlines miss about how they'll actually affect you.
3.60
5
🧬 Genomics⚖️ Bioethics🔬 Genetic Testing
Beyond Genetics Summary
Beyond Genetics 86%
DNA testing, gene therapy, GMOs: what the headlines miss about how they'll actually affect you.
by Glenn McGee 2004
3.60
5 ratings
🧬 Genomics⚖️ Bioethics🔬 Genetic Testing
Complications
by Atul Gawande • 2002
Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.
4.28
53k+
🏥 Surgical Memoir⚖️ Medical Ethics📖 Narrative Medicine
Complications Summary
Complications 86%
Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.
by Atul Gawande 2002
4.28
53k+ ratings
🏥 Surgical Memoir⚖️ Medical Ethics📖 Narrative Medicine
Altered Inheritance
by Françoise Baylis • 2019
We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.
3.53
94
🧬 Genome Editing⚖️ Bioethics🏛️ Science Policy
Altered Inheritance Summary
Altered Inheritance 86%
We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.
by Françoise Baylis 2019
3.53
94 ratings
🧬 Genome Editing⚖️ Bioethics🏛️ Science Policy
A Matter of Death and Life
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2021
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
4.40
10k+
🪦 Grief Memoir🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Acceptance
A Matter of Death and Life Summary
A Matter of Death and Life 86%
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2021
4.40
10k+ ratings
🪦 Grief Memoir🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Acceptance
On Pluto
by Greg O'Brien • 2014
What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.
3.96
1k+
🧠 Dementia Memoir🩺 Medical Memoir🌫️ Cognitive Decline
On Pluto Summary
On Pluto 86%
What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.
by Greg O'Brien 2014
3.96
1k+ ratings
🧠 Dementia Memoir🩺 Medical Memoir🌫️ Cognitive Decline
The Myth of Mental Illness
by Thomas Szasz • 1961
Mental illness is not a brain disease: it is a language of distress, a tool of control.
3.76
2k+
🚫 Anti-Psychiatry🏥 Medicalization⚖️ Psychiatric Ethics
The Myth of Mental Illness Summary
The Myth of Mental Illness 86%
Mental illness is not a brain disease: it is a language of distress, a tool of control.
by Thomas Szasz 1961
3.76
2k+ ratings
🚫 Anti-Psychiatry🏥 Medicalization⚖️ Psychiatric Ethics
Briefly Perfectly Human
by Alua Arthur • 2024
The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.
4.19
6k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care💀 Death Doulas🌱 Death Positivity
Briefly Perfectly Human Summary
Briefly Perfectly Human 86%
The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.
by Alua Arthur 2024
4.19
6k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care💀 Death Doulas🌱 Death Positivity
Limits to Medicine
by Ivan Illich • 1974
Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.
4.04
612
🩺 Medical Criticism💊 Medicalization🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness
Limits to Medicine Summary
Limits to Medicine 86%
Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.
by Ivan Illich 1974
4.04
612 ratings
🩺 Medical Criticism💊 Medicalization🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness
New Abnormal
by Aaron Kheriaty • 2022
The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.
4.38
148
🏥 Public Health Policy⚖️ Medical Ethics🧬 Biopolitics
New Abnormal Summary
New Abnormal 86%
The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.
by Aaron Kheriaty 2022
4.38
148 ratings
🏥 Public Health Policy⚖️ Medical Ethics🧬 Biopolitics
Doctored
by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014
Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.
3.61
1k+
🇺🇸 American Healthcare🩺 Medical Memoir😞 Physician Burnout
Doctored Summary
Doctored 86%
Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.
by Sandeep Jauhar 2014
3.61
1k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Healthcare🩺 Medical Memoir😞 Physician Burnout
When the Air Hits Your Brain
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. • 1996
A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.
4.35
12k+
🧠 Neurosurgery🏥 Medical Training⚕️ Medical Fallibility
When the Air Hits Your Brain Summary
When the Air Hits Your Brain 86%
A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. 1996
4.35
12k+ ratings
🧠 Neurosurgery🏥 Medical Training⚕️ Medical Fallibility
Old Age
by Michael Kinsley • 2016
Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.
3.20
2k+
🧠 Parkinson'S Disease⏳ Aging And Mortality👶 Boomer Generation
Old Age Summary
Old Age 86%
Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.
by Michael Kinsley 2016
3.20
2k+ ratings
🧠 Parkinson'S Disease⏳ Aging And Mortality👶 Boomer Generation
Unaccountable
by Marty Makary • 2012
Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.
4.29
2k+
🏥 Hospital Accountability🔍 Medical Transparency🛡️ Patient Safety
Unaccountable Summary
Unaccountable 86%
Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.
by Marty Makary 2012
4.29
2k+ ratings
🏥 Hospital Accountability🔍 Medical Transparency🛡️ Patient Safety
The Emperor of All Maladies
by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2010
Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.
4.34
116k+
📜 Medical History🔬 Cancer Biology📖 Disease Biography
The Emperor of All Maladies Summary
The Emperor of All Maladies 85%
Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
4.34
116k+ ratings
📜 Medical History🔬 Cancer Biology📖 Disease Biography
Ending Parkinson's Disease
by Ray Dorsey • 2020
Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.
4.31
328
🌍 Environmental Health🧠 Neurological Disorders📋 Public Health Policy
Ending Parkinson's Disease Summary
Ending Parkinson's Disease 85%
Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.
by Ray Dorsey 2020
4.31
328 ratings
🌍 Environmental Health🧠 Neurological Disorders📋 Public Health Policy
Home
Search
Swipe
Library
Get App
Try Full Access for 3 Days
Listen, bookmark, and more
Compare Features Free Pro
📖 Read Summaries
Read unlimited summaries. Free users get 3 per month
🎧 Listen to Summaries
Listen to unlimited summaries in 40 languages
 —
❤️ Unlimited Bookmarks
Free users are limited to 4
 —
📜 Unlimited History
Free users are limited to 4
 —
📥 Unlimited Downloads
Free users are limited to 1
 —
Risk-Free Timeline
Today: Get Instant Access
Listen to full summaries of 26,000+ books. That's 12,000+ hours of audio!
Day 2: Trial Reminder
We'll send you a notification that your trial is ending soon.
Day 3: Your subscription begins
You'll be charged on Jul 25,
cancel anytime before.
Consume 2.8× More Books
2.8× more books Listening Reading
Our users love us
600,000+ readers
Trustpilot Rating
TrustPilot
4.6 Excellent
This site is a total game-changer. I've been flying through book summaries like never before. Highly, highly recommend.
— Dave G
Worth my money and time, and really well made. I've never seen this quality of summaries on other websites. Very helpful!
— Em
Highly recommended!! Fantastic service. Perfect for those that want a little more than a teaser but not all the intricate details of a full audio book.
— Greg M
Save 62%
Yearly
$119.88 $44.99/year/yr
$3.75/mo
Monthly
$9.99/mo
Start a 3-Day Free Trial
3 days free, then $44.99/year. Cancel anytime.
Unlock a world of fiction & nonfiction books
26,000+ books for the price of 2 books
Read any book in 10 minutes
Discover new books like Tinder
Request any book if it's not summarized
Read more books than anyone you know
#1 app for book lovers
Lifelike & immersive summaries
30-day money-back guarantee
Download summaries in EPUBs or PDFs
Cancel anytime in a few clicks
Scanner
Find a barcode to scan

⭐
⭐
⭐
We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
⭐
⭐
⭐
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel
Settings
General
Widget
Loading...
⭐
⭐
⭐
We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
⭐
⭐
⭐
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel