Let's Play Doctor: The Instant Guide to Walking, Talking, and Probing Like a Real M.D.

If you want to become a doctor, then this is not the guide book to read. In fact, you should really go to a proper medical school and earn a medical license and stuff. If you want to read a book about medicine or life as a doctor, still, this is probably not the go-to book. But if you want to read about the funny side of medicine, now that’s what this book is for.This is the 3rd book in the series after “Why Do Men Have Nipples?” and “Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex?”. And this time around the authors, Mark Leyner and Dr. Billy Golberg, guide us through their own version of medical school from the beginning of the class until graduation (at the very last chapter).In between, they teach us a lot of things. Some are very useful but shouldn’t really be implemented without, you know, a legal license, such as the do-it-yourself step by step guidance from rhinoplasty to tracheostomy, hemorrhoidectomy, tonsillectomy, appendectomy, to root canal, leg amputation, lung-heart transplant, liver transplant, even sex change operation, embalming, breast enlargement, and removing a brain tumor.Some are applicable, such as the favourite food of geniuses from Mozart to Einstein, and the information/suggestion that “we tend to have orgasms with the right side of our brain. [So] start by reading a college algebra or trigonometry book while masturbating.” While others are information that I have absolutely no idea how to use, such as the presence of more than two testicles is called polyorchidism. Riiight.But don’t think that this book is all jokes and can’t get serious. Because the book is also filled with Q&A sessions with questions from real doctors, horror stories of malpractices, and testimonials from Dr. Billy’s most embarrassing moments as a doctor. Ok fine, they’re all bizarre and hilarious.Moreover, the book also covers what at first seem like unrelated matters with medicine, but you’ll be surprised. Matters such as the best magazines to be put in YOUR practice’s waiting room (it is after all a book that teaches you how to become a doctor), the fact that Mao never brushes his teeth and only gargle his mouth with tea, Aristotle Onassis upholstered the bar stool in his yacht with whale penis leather, and many stories like that one doctor who perform his own vasectomy (aided by his wife, which happens to be a nurse), and my favourite dude, that “employee of the month” guy who stapled his own scrotum after an accident and continued to work.Anyway, curious about the magazine list they suggest for YOUR practice’s waiting room? Here’s a snippet of them: Bite Me (about vampires), Prison Living Magazine (about, well, prison living), and D-cup (take a wild guess). And their mini explanation about why the magazines should be there, are just pure gold.

This book is complete drivel. I'm very interested in all things medical and purchased this book for myself and 4 likeminded coworkers to give at Christmas. It took 5 minutes of leafing through for me to determine that not only was this not an appropriate gift, but it was also a waste of the authors' time and my money. I thought that this book was going to be a quick study in medicalese, something that will aid in grasping medical terms and sounding like a medical pro, or at least something close to that. But that's not what it is at all. It's really just a chance for the authors to gather pop-culture references (quick and easy to do -- a 12-year-old can do that) and dump 'em into a loosely framed academic "course" with stupid quizzes that have nothing to do with medicine whatsoever. The book is not so much medical as it is a stroking of the authors' own egos and an attempt to look relevant ("Look at us! We're over 50 and we know who Miley Cyrus is!"). The cockiness that jumps off the pages is just remarkable. And not in a good way. I also returned all 5 copies I purchased because the book is littered with expletives. I don't know about you, but I'm not keen on giving my coworkers a gift with the F-bomb (as in FU*K) all over it. This book is a giant disappointment and a waste of time and money. The authors, publishing company, and publicists should feel ashamed of themselves. I know that I'm embarrassed for them.

I heard about the book on a radio show. It is funny and I enjoyed reading it. I think this would appeal to people in the medical field more.

This is the third book by these two authors and I bought it for my primary doctor for his birthday last month. He already had the previous two and really enjoyed them. I couldn't help reading a few pages on this one and found them very funny. I hope the authors will be publishing another one this year or next.

I was a little shocked at some of the language in the book, lots of "bedroom" references. Definetely not appropriate for younger readers or those with a more refined vocabulary. Overall I still think it was a fun book but probably wouldn't have purchased it had I been in a bookstore and thumbed through it first.

The book is full of random thoughts, quirky questions and useless information. It's entertaining and I got a few good laughs from it.

After a busy week in an academic medicine training program, this book is a delightful way to decompress. It is absolutely hysterical and those in the medical model will enjoy reading it. Other people in the household will hear the laughter, it is that funny!

I've learned so much from this book-- my fiance and I always talked about this book every time when we have the chance to read this book in the bathroom. :-D Fun book to read.

kind of silly

I was very disappointed with this book.