31. Five Patients by Michael Crichton
This book was in the fiction section, but it actually is case studies of five patients that Michael Crichton observed over a period of time at a teaching hospital in Boston. It was really interesting because in each section he would describe the patient's situation and what was done, but then he would also talk about some aspect of the hospital, like it's operating budget and hospital charges or how technology has impacted hospital procedures. This was written in the 1960's so it was interesting to see the differences from today. I decided after reading this that I need to find a good book to explain the health care situation today because it concerns me but I don't know a lot about it.