The Deadly Dinner Party and Other Medical Detective Stories (2009, ) is a nonfiction book by Jonathan A. Edlow, MD about medical mysteries.
The book contains fifteen real-life stories of everyday people caught up in medical crises that take deduction and detective work to solve, and to determine a correct diagnosis. The book has been compared to the "medical mystery" books of Berton Roueché. The book is published by Yale University Press.
Reception In a review for New Scientist, Druin Burch wrote that the "collection of bite-sized essays about obscure infections, poisons and diseases […] make an enjoyable and interesting book. The stories don’t flow, but they do add up to more than a list of anecdotes […]."
In The New York Review of Books, Jerome Groopman described how Edlow wrote in "clear and fluid prose" about unusual diagnoses and the ultimate need for a "discerning doctor".
See also Diagnosis Medical ethics How Doctors Think Fatal Care: Survive in the U.S. Health System
References
External links Review of book in The New York Review of Books (November 5, 2009) Review in New Scientist (October 11, 2009)