The doctor stories / William Carlos Williams ; foreword by Atul Gawande ; compiled with an introduction by Robert Coles ; afterword by William Eric Williams.
This collection of thirteen doctor stories, six poems on medical matters, and a selection from The Autobiography "can help many others take a knowing look at the medical profession."
Contents
Mind and body -- Old Doc Rivers -- The girl with a pimply face -- The use of force -- A night in June -- Jean Beicke -- A face of stone -- Dance pseudomacabre -- The paid nurse -- Ancient gentility -- Verbal transcription : 6 a.m. -- The insane -- Comedy entombed : 1930 -- The practice (from The autobiography) -- Poems: The birth ; Le médecin maglré lui ; Dead baby ; A cold front ; The poor ; To close -- Afterword: My father, the doctor / by William Eric Williams.
