Unlike the brevity of Love Story (which clocked in at a mere 131 pages), Doctors is an epic. Spanning over 600 pages, the novel follows the lives of six Harvard medical students from their idealistic first day in class through the triumphs and failures of their professional careers.
Discussion prompts (for book groups or essays)
: A compassionate man who decides to become a doctor after witnessing a physician refuse to treat his dying father due to a lack of money. He eventually pursues psychiatry. Laura Castellano
Erich Segal wrote Doctors to be held, dog-eared, and wept over. He wrote it to honor the people who save our lives in operating rooms.
Segal uses the narrative to "explore in depth what makes people like that tick," highlighting the intense psychological pressure of the profession. erichsegal.com Doctors - Erich Segal
Unlike the brevity of Love Story (which clocked in at a mere 131 pages), Doctors is an epic. Spanning over 600 pages, the novel follows the lives of six Harvard medical students from their idealistic first day in class through the triumphs and failures of their professional careers.
Discussion prompts (for book groups or essays)
: A compassionate man who decides to become a doctor after witnessing a physician refuse to treat his dying father due to a lack of money. He eventually pursues psychiatry. Laura Castellano
Erich Segal wrote Doctors to be held, dog-eared, and wept over. He wrote it to honor the people who save our lives in operating rooms.
Segal uses the narrative to "explore in depth what makes people like that tick," highlighting the intense psychological pressure of the profession. erichsegal.com Doctors - Erich Segal