Original upload date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:43:44 GMT
#SXSW #HoG40: http://ja.ma/sxsw20
The 1978 novel The House of God is a fictional account of the internship experience of Samuel Shem (Stephen Bergman) at Beth Israel Hospital in 1973-1974. Funny, ang
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ry, honest, and absurd, the book spotlighted the injustices of medical training and the patient care of that era and was pilloried by establishment medicine for years after publication for its razor-sharp version of the truth. This short documentary, produced on the 40th anniversary of the novel’s debut, details the book’s origins and the people and events that inspired its stories. #HouseofGod #SamuelShem
JAMA has published two articles about The House of God which you can read here:
Basch Unbound—The House of God and Fiction as Resistance at 40
https://ja.ma/2S0v976
The House of God at Age 40—An Appreciation
https://ja.ma/2G1s8Pc
On December 6, 2018, NYU Langone Health hosted a series of panel discussions to honor the 40th anniversary of the publication of the novel The House of God. Watch those videos here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4VOPuLXRs1fjUpeJvYCbEn5BTQAR8rKC
