Contemporary Physician-authors

Contemporary Physician-authors
Author: Nathan Carlin
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-12
Genre: Literature and medicine
ISBN: 9781032131610

"This book examines the phenomenon of physician-authors. Focusing on the books that contemporary doctors write "the stories that they tell" as the contributors critically engage with their work. A key reference for all students and scholars of the medical and health humanities, the book will be especially useful for those interested in the relationship between literature and practising medicine"--

Contemporary Physician-Authors

Contemporary Physician-Authors
Author: Nathan Carlin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2021-11-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1000474860

This book examines the phenomenon of physician-authors. Focusing on the books that contemporary doctors write--the stories that they tell--with contributors critically engaging their work. A selection of original chapters from leading scholars in medical and health humanities analyze the literary output of doctors, including Oliver Sacks, Danielle Ofri, Atul Gawande, Louise Aronson, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Abraham Verghese. Discussing issues of moral meaning in the works of contemporary doctor-writers, from memoir to poetry, this collection reflects some of the diversity of medicine today. A key reference for all students and scholars of medical and health humanities, the book will be especially useful for those interested in the relationship between literature and practising medicine.

EMF Studies in Early Modern France

EMF Studies in Early Modern France
Author: David Lee Rubin
Publisher: Rookwood Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2001
Genre: Culture
ISBN: 9781886365186

This major collection of essays on 18th century French literature in relation to Enlightenment culture includes the subjects of medicine, the art of conversation, devotional writing, gastronomy, divorce, and the Revolution.

Rhetoric and Medicine in Early Modern Europe

Rhetoric and Medicine in Early Modern Europe
Author: Nancy S. Struever
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2016-04-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1317063279

Through close analysis of texts, cultural and civic communities, and intellectual history, the papers in this collection, for the first time, propose a dynamic relationship between rhetoric and medicine as discourses and disciplines of cure in early modern Europe. Although the range of theoretical approaches and methodologies represented here is diverse, the essays collectively explore the theories and practices, innovations and interventions, that underwrite the shared concerns of medicine, moral philosophy, and rhetoric: care and consolation, reading, policy, and rectitude, signinference, selfhood, and autonomy-all developed and refined at the intersection of areas of inquiry usually thought distinct. From Italy to England, from the sixteenth through to the mid-eighteenth century, early modern moral philosophers and essayists, rhetoricians and physicians investigated the passions and persuasion, vulnerability and volubility, theoretical intervention and practical therapy in the dramas, narratives, and disciplines of public and private cure. The essays are relevant to a wide range of readers, including cultural, literary, and intellectual historians, historians of medicine and philosophy, and scholars of rhetoric.

Understanding Aging

Understanding Aging
Author: Martin Terplan M.D.
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2021-01-04
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1663213356

This book examines what causes aging. It describes the influence of aging on the structure and function of each body part, and it explains what impacts the elderly, including health care, diet, exercise, infections, cancer, pills, addictions, sleep, and money. The book advises how to stay healthy at home, how to select a nursing home, and, finally, how to cope with declining health, dying, and death. It is comprehensive yet concise and presents a clear understanding of aging with new information useful for everyone interested in the care of older people.

Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China

Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China
Author: Volker Scheid
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2002-06-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780822328728

DIVThis ethnography of contemporary Chinese medicine that covers both Chinese medical education and practice./div

Contemporary Topics in Graduate Medical Education

Contemporary Topics in Graduate Medical Education
Author: Stanislaw P. Stawicki
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2019-10-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1839622385

Graduate medical education (GME) is a continually evolving, highly dynamic area within the complex fabric of the modern health-care environment. Given the rapidly changing regulatory, financial, scientific and technical aspects of GME, many institutions and programs face daily challenges of "keeping up" with the most recent developments within this ever-more-sophisticated operational environment. Organizational excellence is a requirement for the seamless functioning of GME programs, especially when one consider the multiple disciplines and stakeholders involved. The goal of the current book cycle, titled Contemporary Topics in Graduate Medical Education, beginning with this inaugural tome, is to provide GME professionals with a practical and readily applicable set of reference materials. More than 20 distinguished authors from some of the top teaching institutions in the US, touch upon some of the most relevant, contemporary, and at times controversial topics, including provider burnout, gender equality issues, trainee wellness, scholarly activities and requirements, and many other theoretical and practical considerations. We hope that the reader will find this book to be a valuable and high quality resource of a broad range of GME-related topics. It is the Editors' goal to create a multi-tome platform that will become the definitive go-to reference for professionals navigating the complex landscape of modern graduate medical education.