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Do No Harm

Medical Students, Book 1

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Do No Harm

Auteur(s): James B. Cohoon
Narrateur(s): Michael Pierce
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A 2020 American Fiction Award winner for Best Medical Thriller

Doctors go to medical school to save lives...right?

When Matthew Preston was eight, his father was shot and killed in rarefied Pacific Palisades by Ted Nash, a home burglar who happened to be the Prestons' neighbor. Though Nash was sentenced to life in San Quentin, Matthew's lifelong obsession is to somehow get into the prison, gain access to Nash, and exact the ultimate personal revenge. He devises a plan to become a prison doctor to gain access to Nash.

While in medical school, Matthew falls for brilliant classmate Torrey Jamison from poverty-stricken East Palo Alto. Torrey is battling her own demons, having been raped by a school counselor while in high school. Matthew is focused on vigilantism; but he loves Torrey, who is morally opposed to killing for any reason - or so she thinks.

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Speaking as a physician, this book offended me on a philosophical level. James B. Cohoon offers a story about a vengeful kid who manipulates his way into Medical School in order to get access to a convicted murderer whom he dreams of killing. I have heard thousands of motivations from young people and explored their ethics/morals while interviewing them for admission in my role in a Canadian University Medical Residency program.. and not a single one said "I want to kill someone" as the reason they wanted to become a doctor. Cohoon then compounds this outrage by including a second (female) emotionally messed-up medical student with jaw-droppingly conflicted ethics.
The book is such a bastardization of a profession that I love that it was genuinely painful to read at times. The author then includes MAGA-quality talking points and rants everywhere he can or harps on ethical issues with cartoonishly extreme radical strawmen to make his point (feminists, bleeding heart SJWs, and "The Guvmint", for example. I'm a little shocked that he couldn't fit in a "Lamestream Media" commentary).

As to presentation: Reader Michael Pierce is a professional when it comes to diction, timbre, and cadence - and demonstrates a commendable interested tone - but his voice-acting and pacing are distinctly subpar. Tantor Audio Inc. could have gotten similar results from any narrator in their stable.

Altogether, 'Do No Harm' is a shockingly cynical book. When Cohoon isn't denigrating everything that I dedicated my life to, he's ranting about "Woke" principles & taxpayer-funding of health programs for the underserved (or screeding about the need for capital punishment). I can honestly give the book 4 stars out of 10 - it's not unreadable (the pathos is, in fact, handled quite nicely) - but I can't recommend this misanthropic opinion piece. Even for free it was a bit of a slog.

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