How Not to be A Doctor
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How Not to be A Doctor

And Other Essays

  1. 210 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

How Not to be A Doctor

And Other Essays

About this book

"Humorous, poignant, provocative and educational," this essay collection by a doctor "offer[s] fresh takes on the ever-changing field of medicine." ( Kirkus Reviews)
 
Doctor and medical columnist John Launer has written on the practice and teaching of medicine for many years.  How Not to be a Doctor includes over fifty of his essays covering a range of topics including music, poetry, literature, and psychoanalysis, as well as contemporary medical politics and the personal experiences of being a doctor.
 
Taken together, they set out an argument that being a doctor—a real doctor—should mean being able to draw on every aspect of yourself, your interests, and your experiences, however remote these may seem from the medical task of the moment.
 
From lessons on what they don't teach you in medical school to the author's poignant account of being a patient himself as he received treatment for a life-threatening illness, the essays in How Not to Be a Doctor combine erudition with humor, candor, and the human touch that will inform and entertain readers on both ends of the stethoscope.
 
"Witty and wise. Shows how important it is that doctors are allowed to be human." —Kit Wharton, author of  Emergency Admissions: Memoirs of an Ambulance Driver

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Information

Publisher
Abrams Press
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781468316315
eBook ISBN
9781468316322
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Medicine Biographies

Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. COPYRIGHT
  3. CONTENTS
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. 1. HOW NOT TO BE A DOCTOR
  6. 2. STRESS TEST
  7. 3. PLUS ÇA CHANGE
  8. 4. MODERN MEDICINE
  9. 5. WHAT’S IN A NAME?
  10. 6. THE WRONG TROUSERS
  11. 7. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
  12. 8. MENTIONED IN PASSING
  13. 9. ALL GREEK TO ME
  14. 10. ANNA O AND THE ‘TALKING CURE’
  15. 11. DOING THE ROUNDS
  16. 12. IT’S ALL IN THE BODY
  17. 13. DR SCROOGE’S CASEBOOK
  18. 14. THE ITCH
  19. 15. OF CHEESE AND CHOICE
  20. 16. LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX
  21. 17. MYSTERIES OF THE MALE
  22. 18. THE ENDURING ASYLUM
  23. 19. DO NOT DISTURB
  24. 20. BURNING YOUR RELATIVES
  25. 21. THE PROBLEM WITH SEX
  26. 22. THE ART OF QUESTIONING
  27. 23. HOT WATER
  28. 24. INTERPRETING ILLNESS
  29. 25. IT TAKES TWO
  30. 26. YELLOW NOSE SIGN
  31. 27. DIALOGUE AND DIAGNOSIS
  32. 28. BREAKING THE NEWS
  33. 29. CAREERS ADVICE
  34. 30. ONLY OBEYING ORDERS
  35. 31. THE ART OF NOT LISTEN ING
  36. 32. END OF THE ROAD
  37. 33. ESCAPING THE LOOP
  38. 34. IMPALED ON THE INVISIBLE
  39. 35. WEASEL WORDS
  40. 36. FOLK ILLNESS AND MEDICAL MODELS
  41. 37. THE FACTS OF DEATH
  42. 38. CARE PATHWAYS
  43. 39. ON KINDNESS
  44. 40. CAPABLE BUT INSANE
  45. 41. ON THE RECORD
  46. 42. CLOSE READINGS
  47. 43. MEET YOUR MICROBIOME
  48. 44. OPIUM
  49. 45. MEDICINE AS POETRY
  50. 46. THE BREATHTAKINGLY SIMPLE FACTS OF LIFE
  51. 47. MONKEY BUSINESS
  52. 48. MEDICINE UNDER CAPITALISM
  53. 49. MEMORIES OF THE WORKHOUSE
  54. 50. TAKING RISKS SERIOUSLY
  55. 51. THREE KINDS OF REFLECTION
  56. 52. BRIEF ENCOUNTER
  57. 53. POWER AND POWERLESSNESS
  58. 54. FATHERS AND SONS
  59. FURTHER READING
  60. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  61. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  62. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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