| Description |
xi, 306 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-297) and index. |
| Contents |
Chief complaint -- Not the beginning -- Part I: vulnerability -- Tornado of life -- Backstory -- Why medicine needs more not-knowing -- Ambassador of nightmares -- Catheters -- When loneliness is an emergency -- Trust as protection -- Upside down -- Waiting for the surge -- Narrative risks: shape, place, and gutter -- Zebras -- Hug, or ugh -- Part II: constraints -- Moving on -- Compassion at the crossroads -- Pain: a story that's hard to treat -- There's dying, and dying now -- Holding on, letting go -- When waiting feels immoral -- Benefit paradox -- Unsafe discharge -- Big incision -- To err is to be a physician -- When sensitivity is a liability -- Why won't my patient act like a jerk? -- Wheelchair -- Part III: possibility -- Caring for the caregiver -- Oktoberfest -- Dr. Douchebag -- In defense of cheaper stethoscopes -- The appendix: ancient organ for the modern age -- Judging patients -- A knock on the door -- Paper scrubs -- The ashtray -- The patient who wanted nothing -- Can we write a better story for ourselves? -- Not an ending -- Writing stories of medicine -- One last thing. |
| Summary |
"An exploration of how caring for ER patients is more than blood and mayhem. It is the practice of being attentive to patients complicated and often broken stories as well as their broken bodies."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Physician and patient.
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Hospitals -- Emergency services.
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Emergencies -- psychology
(DNLM)D004630Q000523
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Physician-Patient Relations (DNLM)D010817
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Emergency Treatment (DNLM)D004638
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Emergency Service, Hospital (DNLM)D004636
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Hospitals -- Emergency services.
(OCoLC)fst01430488
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Physician and patient. (OCoLC)fst01062819
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| ISBN |
9780262046978 (hardcover) |
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0262046970 (hardcover) |
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