Medscape asked its primary care physician experts which books they'd like their patients to read.
Here are five of their answers:
1. "The Art and Science of Aging Well: A Physician's Guide to a Healthy Body, Mind, and Spirit" by Mark E. Williams, MD
2. "Last Child in the Woods" by Richard Louv
3. "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End" by Atul Gawande, MD, MPH
4. "Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America" by Nortin M. Hadler, MD
5. "Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating" by Walter C. Willett, MD