Samuel Shem on 50 years of American medicine

<p>Join Samuel Shem, a renowned novelist, playwright, activist, Rhodes Scholar, and professor in medical humanities at NYU School of Medicine. We'll dive into his latest novel, Our Hospital, which marks the culmination of The Healing Quartet, spanning fifty years of American medicine.</p> <p><a href="http://www.samuelshem.com/v2/" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link= "external">Samuel Shem</a> is a novelist, playwright, activist, Rhodes Scholar, professor in medical humanities at NYU School of Medicine, and a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. Shem's new novel, <a href="https://www.samshem.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link="external">Our Hospital</a>, is the fourth and probable last novel of The Healing Quartet, spanning fifty years of American medicine. It started with <a href= "https://amzn.to/3OSIHzA" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link= "external">The House of God</a>, then <a href= "https://amzn.to/3OJFRN5" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link= "external">Mount Misery</a>, next <a href= "https://www.mans4thbesthospital.com/" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link= "external">Man's 4th Best Hospital</a>, and now <a href= "https://www.samshem.com/" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link= "external">Our Hospital</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://nuance.com/daxinaction"><img class= "alignnone wp-image-424286 size-medium" src= "https://www.kevinmd.com/wp-content/uploads/NuanceLogo_Horz_k-2-300x62.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="62" /></a></p> <p><em>The Podcast by KevinMD is brought to you by the <a href= "https://nuance.com/daxinaction">Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience</a>.</em></p> <p><em>Ambient intelligence augments human capabilities to make our lives easier. The applications are many, especially in health care. Ambient clinical intelligence is offsetting the most