"Samuel Shem" on Dehumanized Medicine
The 1978 novel The House of God by Samuel Shem (pen name of Newton’s Stephen Bergman, M.D.) has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. Based on his internship at Beth Israel Hospital, it remains the definitive satire of medical education. The author has now rounded out his “healing quartet” of four novels set in medical contexts with Our Hospital (2023) which reunites the original interns at a small town in upstate New York to battle the COVID epidemic. Bergman aims to help healthcare professionals “stay human” amid the rise of digital technologies and the profit motive, which  are disconnecting doctors from their patients. The key barriers, he believes, are “money and screens.” Steve will share with us a seasoned (and humorous) physician’s viewpoint on how 21st century medicine can get back on track. 

If you can, please volunteer to help the potluck crew: email Carol Anastasi.

5:30 beers & Beams ~  6:30 rice & beans ~ 7:30 Shem & screens

Potluck Supper (by last name initial)
A-F Salad or vegetable  ~  G-N Hors d’oeuvres ~  O-Z  Entrée or casserole  
 Dessert will be provided  ~  Guests welcome