No Apparent Distress Audiobook By Rachel Pearson MD cover art

No Apparent Distress

A Doctor’s Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for $0.00
Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.

No Apparent Distress

By: Rachel Pearson MD
Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
Try for $0.00

$0.00/mo. after 3 months. Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $17.16

Buy for $17.16

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

In medical charts, the term "N.A.D." (No Apparent Distress) is used for patients who appear stable. The phrase also aptly describes America's medical system when it comes to treating the underprivileged. Medical students learn on the bodies of the poor - and the poor suffer from their mistakes.

Rachel Pearson confronted these harsh realities when she started medical school in Galveston, Texas. Pearson, herself from a working-class background, remains haunted by the suicide of a close friend, experiences firsthand the heartbreak of her own errors in a patient's care, and witnesses the ruinous effects of a hurricane on a Texas town's medical system. In No Apparent Distress, she chronicles her experiences and the raging disparities in a system that favors the rich and the white. This is at once an indictment of American health care and a deeply moving tale of one doctor's coming-of-age.

©2017 Rachel Pearson (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. History & Commentary Medical Medicine & Health Care Industry Physical Illness & Disease Policy & Administration Professionals & Academics Medicine Health Care Heartfelt Medical Education

People who viewed this also viewed...

When Breath Becomes Air Audiobook By Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese - foreword cover art
When Breath Becomes Air By: Paul Kalanithi, and others
Being Mortal Audiobook By Atul Gawande cover art
Being Mortal By: Atul Gawande
Better Audiobook By Atul Gawande cover art
Better By: Atul Gawande
Compelling Patient Stories • Insightful Healthcare Perspective • Good Voice Differentiation • Honest Medical Portrayal
Highly rated for:
All stars
Most relevant  
I appreciated the writers honest telling of her struggles of training to be a doctor.

Medical Stories Addict

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This memoir is by a doctor with a heart, telling of some formative experiences leading up to & in medical school. I enjoyed it.

Standard Medical Memoir, With a Heart

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I am not in the medical field but this book gave me a much needed change in perspective. One of my favorites yet! I highly recommend it for people of all walks of life. It's a treasure. ♡

Excellent!!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I really enjoyed this book and the varied emotions a medical student encounters learning the art of medicine. I recommend it!

Wonderful accounting of a medical student’s life

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The book slowly turned into a series of unconnected stories, many of them seeming unfinished.

A lot of short clips in latter half

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Having gotten this on sale I wasn't sure what to expect. Very well written and well narrated. Getting good medical care at a fair price is no longer possible in this country even for those who can afford it. Big business has caused harm to people which is the first oath taken by a doctor (do no harm). With few exceptions hospitals are interested only in money not fair care of a patient. I already knew this before reading but this tale will nearly bring tears as the wrongs are so described.

Well told tale of broken system

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
And the sad state of our health care field. To use the current political theme - America will never be great until all Americans have adequate health care.

Top notch book, unique look into the making of a Doctor

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book was well written. I think the author does a great job telling the struggles of the med student.

Enjoyed!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Really great life story. I love the fact the doctor admits to her human fails and uncertainties..
Great heart, wonderful soul.
# American Modern Medicine, # Female Doctor, # Coming of Age, # Heart Opening, # Engaging, # Tagsgiving, # Sweepstakes

Ended Too Soon

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I loved this book. It was a little slow at first, but then I really got into it. I have spent so much time in and out of hospitals, that this book really hit home. Also, as someone who didn't have health insurance for the first 21 years of my life, but did have a serious medial condition, this book really put that struggle at the front of the story. I thought it was awesome. Really hope more people read/listen to it.

Great read for basic medical industry info

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews