The Doctor's Job

Carl Binger

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2026
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040803356
• Subtopic: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference
• Index: History

Originally published in 1946, The Doctor's Job is an account of changes in medicine over the decades, focusing on the rapid expansion of medical science and the development of specialties. Carl Binger, a distinguished psychiatrist and physician and pioneer in psychosomatic medicine, reflects on the ethical, emotional, and intellectual challenges faced by doctors at the time and the evolving role of medicine in society. Today it can be read in its historical context.

This book is a re-issue originally published in 1946. The language used is a reflection of its era and no offence is meant by the Publishers to any reader by this re-publication.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• The Oath of Hippocrates
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• I Background and Changes
• II Specialties and Specialists
• III The Choice of Physician, Medical Fees and Etiquette
• IV The Relationship of Doctor and Patient
• V Medicine and Psychoanalysis
• VI Psychiatry and Medicine
• VII Some Common Psychiatric Problems
• VIII Psychosomatic Medicine or Mind and Body Relationships
• IX Stomach Ulcer
• X Allergy, Asthma and Tuberculosis
• XI High Blood Pressure
• XII The Cure and Control of Disease
• XIII Recent Achievements and Tasks Ahead
• XIV Convalescence and Chronic Disease
• XV The Prevention of Illness
• XVI Office Practice, Hospitals and Outpatient Departments
• XVII Socialized Medicine or Paying the Piper
• XVIII Past, Present and Future
• Bibliography
• Index