Book Review: Monday Mornings

What happens when doctors make mistakes? Who is punished, and which doctors lose their jobs? What happens to the patients, or to their surviving family? And how do doctors learn from tragedy?

Practicing neurosurgeon and media correspondent Sanjay Gupta brings these issues to life in his novel Monday Mornings. At the fictional Chelsea General Hospital, surgeons are summoned to a six-a.m. Monday conference to analyze their own mistakes - the neurosurgeon who failed to screen for a deadly bleeding condition before operating, the triage doctor who declared a neo-Nazi accident victim dead before examining him, even the director of the surgery department who made a basic and careless error. The professional and personal lives of these characters are explored in a compelling and fascinating read, opening the door on the difficult choices and very human mistakes that surround doctors every day. - Michelle (Sunset)