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Book review - Riding the Pale Horse


Riding the pale horse” by Dr George Paul was a Party favour given to the delegates of an asian conference of oral and maxillofacial surgeons. The book holds his real life experiences in handling cancer patients. The details are compiled in such a way that they cover all aspects of dealing with the disease from a patient’s standpoint, a surgeon’s perspective, a family member’s perspective and you must believe me when i tell you it also involves a pet parent’s perspective. In 230 pages he has imparted so much wisdom that shall greatly benefit any young doctor who is getting started with his/her practice. Not necessarily oral md maxillofacial surgeons alone. Having spent very little time with senior surgeons while they share their practical experiences I greatly enjoyed the time I spent reading it as the book gave me a feeling of being an assistant shadowing him through all those happenings, such descriptive writing. My colleague made fun of me for saying this and she felt I should rather spend my time sleeping like her than reading the book however I assure you this read will definitely improve your patient handling skill at some level. The book also features ethical, moral and legal aspects of handling end of life situations. At a personal level I jad been holding grudges that my grand parents died at very inconvenient times of my life and never forgave them. Somewhere between those 230 pages I had realised they had lived a complete life and I should be happy with that and found my peace. The book also motivated me to make the most of my time so that I could be happy too when its time for me to go. So you see if you want a little peek into a Doctor’s life with added perks of enhancing your knowledge on end of life situations this should be your next read. If you are an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon its a must read. Its a heavy book yet somehow it leaves you light hearted. A Surgeon’s touch probably. 🏇
I was hoping to see the author n get his signature on my copy but I missed him this time but I got the time to write the review and may be read it again before I get to see him.
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