Literature and Medicine : A Practical and Pedagogical Guide /: A Practical and Pedagogical Guide. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ronald Schleifer, Jerry B. Vannatta.
• Authors: Schleifer, Ronald; Vannatta, Jerry B
• Contents: Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface: Goals of the Book, Audience and Background, How to Use this Book Introduction to Literature and Medicine: Part I: Literature Introduction: The Structure and Focus of the Chapters Part II: Medicine Introduction: The Complexity of Clinical Medicine Part One: Texts and Topics for Students I. Narrative and Medicine Chapter One: Narrative and Cognitive Science; Literature and Medicine. Ø Vignette-discussion of an excerpt from My Own Country by Dr. Abraham Verghese; Ø Grace Paley, 'A Conversation with My Father' II. The Logic of Making a Diagnosis Chapter Two: The Narrative Structure of Diagnosis. Ø Vignette, 'The Woman with Hyponatremia' (excerpt from The Chief Concern); Ø Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle, 'The Resident Patient'; Ø Associated poem, William Shakespeare, 'Sonnet 73: That Time of Year' III. Professionalism Chapter Three: Literature and Professionalism in Medicine. Ø Vignette-discussion of an excerpt from 'Playing God' by Dr. Michael LaCombe; Ø Dr. Richard Selzer, 'Imelda'; Ø Associated poem, Dr, Audrey Shafer, 'Monday Morning' IV. Building the Patient-Provider Relationship Chapter Four: Rapport and Empathy in Medicine. Ø Vignette, 'An Elderly African-American Patient' (excerpt from The Chief Concern); Ø Dr. Anton Chekhov, 'A Doctor's Visit'; Ø Associated poem, Dr. John Stone, 'He Makes a House Call' Chapter Five: Listening to Patients. Ø Vignette, 'Young Mother with Abdominal Pain' (excerpt from The Chief Concern); Ø James Joyce, 'Araby'; Ø Associated poem, Dr. William Carlos Williams, 'The Red Wheelbarrow' Chapter Six: The Patient. Ø Vignette, excerpt from The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde; Ø Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 'The Yellow Wallpaper'; Ø Associated poem, Dr. Raphael Campo, 'The Couple' Chapter Seven: The Doctor. Ø Vignette, excerpt from Black Man in a White Coat by Dr. Damon Tweedy; Ø Vignette-discussion of an excerpt from 'Diagnosis' by Dr. Michael LaCombe; Ø Paul Laurence Dunbar, 'The Lynching of Jube Benson'; Ø Associated poem, Traditional Spiritual, 'Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child' V. Everyday Ethics of Medical Practices Chapter Eight: Everyday Ethics of Medical Practices. Ø Vignette, 'The Patient with Diabetic Ketoacidosis' (excerpt from The Chief Concern); Ø Anton Chekhov, 'Enemies'; Ø Associated poem, William Blake, 'A Poison Tree' VI. Vicarious Experiences Chapter Nine: Culture. Ø Vignette, 'The Patient's Chief Concern' (excerpt from The Chief Concern); Ø Demetria Martinez, 'The Annunciation: Lupe'; Ø Associated poem, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, 'Making Tortillas' Chapter Ten: Sexual and Domestic Abuse. Ø Vignette, 'You Don't Deserve This' by Dr. Jerry Vannatta; Ø Edgar Allan Poe, 'Berenice'; Ø Associated poem, W. B. Yeats, 'Leda and the Swan' Chapter Eleven: Pain. Ø Vignette, excerpt from Inside Chronic Pain: An Intimate and Critical Account by Lous Heshusius; Ø Herman Melville, 'The Operation' from White Jacket; Ø Associated poem, Emily Dickinson, 'Pain has an Element of Blank' Chapter Twelve: Ageing. Ø Vignette, 'Treating a Very Old Woman' by Dr. Jerry Vannatta; Ø Nathaniel Hawthorne, a chapter from House of Seven Gables; Ø Associated poem, Thomas Hardy, 'I Look into my Glass' VII. Mistakes in Medicine Chapter Thirteen: Mistakes in Medicine. Ø Vignette, 'Mistake' by Dr. Jerry Vannatta; Ø Gustav Flaubert, a chapter from Madame Bovary; Ø Associated poem, Dr, Dannie Abse, 'In the Theatre' VIII. Death and Dying Chapter Fourteen: Death and Dying. Ø Vignette, 'The Good Death' by Dr. Jerry Vannatta; Ø Vignette, 'Frenzy Facing Death' by Dr. Jerry Vannatta; Ø Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych; Ø Associated poem, John Donne, 'Death Be Not Proud' IX. Postscript: The Fulfillments of Healthcare Chapter Fifteen: Afterword Ø Associated poem, Derek Mahon, 'Everything is Going to be All Right' Part Two: Appendices Appendix 1: Experimental Results: The Cognitive Science of Literary Reading Appendix 2: Discussion Questions for the Chapters Appendix 3: Questions for Daily Writing Appendix 4: Guide for Discussing Diagnosis and Diagnosis Errors (Chapter 2) Appendix 5: Casey Hester, MD., Jerry Vannatta, MD, and Ronald Schleifer, PhD, 'Medical Professionalism: Using Literary Narrative to Explore and Evaluate Medical Professionalism, ' an essay which includes 'the Elements of Genres of Narrative' (Chapter 3) Appendix 6: Ronald Schleifer and Jerry Vannatta, 'Teaching Hemingway to Medical Students' (Chapter 5).
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (297 pages)
• Subjects: Literature; Bioethics; Premedical education; Medical Education; Nursing; Social medicine; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Medical -- General; Education -- General; Medical -- Nursing -- General; Social Science -- Disease & Health Issues; Bio-ethics; Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences; Teaching of a specific subject; Nursing; Medical sociology; Literary studies: from c 1900; Literature, Modern-20th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030191283
• Related ISBNs: 9783030191276
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