Contemporary physician-authors : exploring the insights of doctors who write /: exploring the insights of doctors who write. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Nathan Carlin.
• Editors: Carlin, Nathan
• Contents: Introduction Nathan Carlin Part One: Two Traditional Representatives Chapter 1- Richard Selzer: Three Troubling Tales of Physicians’ Peculiar Behavior Tony Miksanek Chapter 2- Oliver Sacks: A Kind of Reminiscence Tom Koch Part Two: Three Contemporary Favorites Chapter 3- Perri Klass: Books Are Like Stethoscopes Seema Yasmin Chapter 4- Abraham Verghese: The Power of Storytelling Kaarkuzhali Babu Krishnamurthy Chapter 5- Atul Gawande: Doctoring, Dying, and the Pursuit of "Better" Thomas D. Harter Part Three: Medicine, Meaning, and Identity Chapter 6- Danielle Ofri: Offering Lessons for All Susan Stagno Chapter 7- Paul Kalanithi: Sometimes, They Break—Craft as a Window Lise Saffran Chapter 8- Joanna Cannon: Leaving Medicine to Pursue a Physician’s Calling Abraham M. Nussbaum Chapter 9- Damon Tweedy: Stories on Being Black, Sick, and Marginalized Keisha Ray Chapter 10- Fady Joudah: An Exploration of Borders and Boundaries Andrew Childress Chapter 11- Louise Aronson: Using Facts and Stories to Improve Medical Care for Older Adults Craig M. Klugman Chapter 12- Marc Agronin: Into the Heart of Growing Old Jill Yamasaki Part Four: Alternative Models Chapter 13- David Watts and Frank Huyler: A Tale of Two Patients David Elkin Chapter 14- Siddhartha Mukherjee: Tending and Extending—The Long and Short of Siddhartha Mukherjee Sandhya Shetty Chapter 15- Arthur Kleinman: Professional Caregiving Narratives Become Personal Carol Levine
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 809.933561; Physicians as authors; Literature and medicine; Medicine in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000474862; 9781000474817; 9781003079712
• Related ISBNs: 9780367528805
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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