Samuel Shem Bücher

Auch wenn sie einander scheinbar nie verstehen: Männer und Frauen stammen keineswegs von verschiedenen Planeten, die Kluft zwischen den Geschlechtern ist überbrückbar. Das jedenfalls meinen Samuel Shem und Janet Surrey und entwerfen in ihrem Buch ein erfrischend unkonventionelles Konzept zur Klärung und Aufarbeitung von Beziehungskonflikten.

Jungmediziner Dr. Roy Basch beginnt voller Enthusiasmus sein erstes klinisches Jahr im amerikanischen Hospital »House of God«, beseelt von dem Wunsch, Menschen zu helfen und zu heilen. Doch seine Ideale werden schnell fortgerissen im Strudel des rastlosen ärztlichen Alltags. Er lernt die Schattenseiten der Medizin kennen, und das »House of God« wird für ihn zur Hölle … »Die unverblümte Demontage des ärztlichen Mythos genießt unter Medizinern Kultstatus!« Süddeutsche Zeitung

Dr. Roy Basch darf seine Ausbildung im renommierten Psychiatriekrankenhaus Mount Misery vollenden. Doch was er dort erlebt, läßt ihn mehr als einmal an seinem Beruf und seiner Berufung zweifeln. Der amerikanische Psychiatrieprofessor Samuel Shem, Verfasser des Bestsellers „House of God“, rechnet in diesem Roman mit seiner eigenen Fachrichtung, der Psychiatrie, ab. Dr. Bach, auch Held des ersten Buches, beendet seine Ausbildung in der angesehenen psychiatrischen Klinik Mount Misery, gelegen in den grünen Hügeln Neuenglands. Es dauert nicht lange, da durchschaut er die dort herrschenden Gesetze: Die Ärzte gebärden sich als Verfechter konkurrierender wissenschaftlicher Theorien, und die Patienten werden häufig genug als reine Geldquelle benutzt.

Samuel Shem, der mit seinen Erfolgsromanen HOUSE OF GOD und MOUNT MISERY inzwischen auch in Deutschland zum Kultautor avanciert ist, zeichnet in seinem neuen Roman das bissige Porträt eines jungen Psychiaters auf dem Weg in seinen oft wahrhaft verrückten Beruf. Abgründig, bewegend, analytisch bestechend und ungeheuer komisch - eben ein echter Shem! Emergency Room zum Lesen - Herz und Hochspannung genau in der richtigen Dosis.

The sequel to the bestselling and highly acclaimed The House of God Years after the events of The House of God, the Fat Man has been given leadership over a new Future of Medicine Clinic at what is now only Man's 4th Best Hospital, and has persuaded Dr. Roy Basch and some of his intern cohorts to join him to teach a new generation of interns and residents. In a medical landscape dominated by computer screens and corrupted by money, they have one goal: to make medicine humane again. What follows is a mesmerizing, heartbreaking, and hilarious exploration of how the health-care industry, and especially doctors, have evolved over the past thirty years.

Set in the tumultuous 1920s, the narrative follows Bill Wilson, a stockbroker whose life spirals out of control due to alcoholism, and Dr. Bob Smith, a surgeon who shares a similar struggle. Together, they forge the foundation of Alcoholics Anonymous, while their wives establish Al-Anon, offering support for families affected by addiction. This revised edition captures the personal battles and triumphs of these pioneers, highlighting themes of resilience, recovery, and the power of community in overcoming addiction.

From the bestselling author of the The House of God comes an ambitious novel about the complicated relationships between mothers and sons, doctors and patients, the past and the present, and love and death... Settled into a relationship with an Italian yoga instructor and working in Europe, Dr. Orville Rose's peace is shaken by his mother's death. On his return to Columbia, a Hudson River town of quirky people and “plagued by breakage,” he learns that his mother has willed him a large sum of money, her 1981 Chrysler, and her Victorian house in the center of town. There's one odd catch: he must live in her house for one year and thirteen days. As he struggles with his decision—to stay and meet the terms of the will or return to his life in Italy—Orville reconnects with family, reunites with former friends, and comes to terms with old rivals and bitter memories. In the process he’ll discover his own history, as well as his mother’s, and finally learn what it really means to be a healer, and to be healed.

In this sequel to The House of God and Man's 4th Best Hospital, Dr. Roy Basch returns to his economically depressed hometown in upstate New York to help the struggling hospital battle the COVID-19 pandemic and the money-driven bureacracy. After the tragic climax of Man's 4th Best Hospital, four doctors have left practicing medicine. But with COVID-19 sweeping the country, they come together to help the small town of Columbia, New York. The doctors and nurses are buckling as they battle both a raging pandemic and the financial woes facing small hospitals everywhere. But no matter what's happening in the world, babies are born, people fall in love, and doctors will do anything to save their patients. Our Hospital reveals the daily struggle of fighting a pandemic and its personal impact on healthcare workers young and old, who are terrified, exhausted...and determined, somehow, to prevail.

Set in rural China, this epic novel explores the complex relationships between two mothers and a father united by their love for the same daughter. Against the backdrop of an ancient mountain monastery and the one-child-per-family policy, the story delves into the themes of adoption, loss, and rebirth. Inspired by the author's own experiences, it highlights the emotional journey that unfolds when the daughter brings her adopted and birth mothers together, revealing deep connections and the transformative power of love.