| Description |
xvii, 254 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Vintage original
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| Summary |
""From Chekhov to Maugham to William Carlos Williams, doctors have long given voice to their unique perspectives through literature. Writer, M.D. celebrates this rich tradition with a collection of fiction and nonfiction by today's most beloved physician-writers. These stories explore a range of emotions deeply felt by doctors--an acute awareness of our mortality, of the interplay between medicine and humanity, of the weight of responsibility carried by the profession. They also bring into sharp focus the point of view of the patient, illuminating the experience of grief, trauma, illness, and aging that doctors witness through their work. From Abraham Verghese on the lost art of the physical exam to Pauline Chen on the strangely intense relationship between a med student and her first cadaver; from Atul Gawande on practicing to be a doctor to Ethan Canin on love and growing old--Writer, M.D. provides a one-of-a-kind peek into the minds of those who deal with enormous existential issues and traumatic situations on a daily basis, showing us what really makes doctors tick"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Jerome Groopman -- Introduction / Leah Kaminsky -- NONFICTION -- Bedside manners / Abraham Verghese -- Index case / Perri Klass -- Resurrectionist / Pauline W. Chen -- Intensive care / Danielle Ofri -- Falling down / Sandeep Jauhar -- Beauty / Gabriel Weston -- Do not go gentle / Irvin Yalom -- The lost mariner / Oliver Sacks -- The learning curve / Atul Gawande -- The infernal chorus / Robert Jay Lifton -- FICTION -- We are nighttime travelers / Ethan Canin -- Dog 1, dog 2 / Nick Earls -- The duty to die cheaply / Peter Goldsworthy -- Finding Joshua / Jacinta Halloran -- Tahirih / Leah Kaminsky -- Communion / John Murray. |
| Subject |
Physicians -- Anecdotes.
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Medicine -- Anecdotes.
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Physician and patient -- Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Kaminsky, Leah, 1959-
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| ISBN |
9780307946867 paperback |
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030794686X paperback |
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