Unanticipated Outcomes: A Medical Memoir is the story of Jerome P. Kassirer, MD, MPH, who was born at the height of the Great Depression, grew up in a “two story-rat infested wooden house”^1(p16) in Buffalo, New York, and, in 1991, became the sixth Editor in Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Kassirer’s memoir¹ takes us through the life of a legendary figure in modern medicine, a man who, above all else, embodied what it meant to be, and, what it still means to be, a professional. At a time when we increasingly read about disillusionment and burnout among physicians, the high costs of drugs and care, and the corrupting influences of money on medicine, Kassirer’s book¹ reminds us why we became doctors. His life lessons are timeless.

意料之外的结果：医学回忆录是医学博士杰罗姆·P·卡西尔（Jerome P. Kassirer）的故事，他出生于大萧条的高峰期，在布法罗的“两层鼠出没的木房子” ^{1 （p16）}中长大，纽约，并于1991年成为《新英格兰医学杂志》（NEJM）的第六任总编辑。卡西尔的回忆录¹带领我们度过了一位现代医学界传奇人物的生活，他是一个最重要的人物，体现了职业的意义，以及职业的意义。在我们越来越多地了解医生的幻灭和倦怠，药物和护理的高成本以及金钱对药物的腐败影响之际，卡西尔的书¹提醒我们为什么我们成为医生。他的人生经历是永恒的。