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Samuel shem is a novelist, playwright, activist, professor in medical humanities at nyu school of medicine, and visiting artist at the american academy in rome. But more than 40 years on, author samuel shem trains the satirical sights of his sequel on two particular targets. House of god author skewers corporate medicine in mans. Gomer comes from samuel shems house of god and stands. Six eager interns they saw themselves as modern saviorstobe. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Sep 07, 2010 the house of god paperback september 7, 2010. Samuel shems classic novel about medical internship, the house of god 1978, was named by the british medical journal the lancet as one of the two most important american medical novels of the 20th century, the other being sinclair lewis arrowsmith. The house of god is a novel written by american author and doctor samuel bergman under the pseudonym samuel shem and originally published in 1978.
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