The Doctor in Literature, Volume 2

The Doctor in Literature, Volume 2
Author: Solomon Posen
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2017-11-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 131534498X

Focusing on the personal lives of doctors, this annotated indexed anthology explores personality, behavior and doctor-patient relationships as portrayed in novels, short stories and plays. The Doctor in Literature, Volume 2 and its companion volume are unique among medical anthologies in that readers can look up medical topics as they appear in fiction. The choice of passages is based on clinical relevance, and the range of fully indexed subjects and quotations are generally not found in other texts. This work brings together an extraordinary array of passages from literature to provide a major reference source. It identifies and analyses recurring themes in the portrayal of medical doctors, and is sure to provide pleasure for readers who use it for browsing. Key reviews from The Doctor in Literature: satisfaction or resentment?

The Doctor in Literature

The Doctor in Literature
Author: Solomon Posen
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 599
Release: 2018-04-19
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1315347873

Multiple-choice questions are an ideal way to improve understanding and revise for examinations. This book consists of 200 MCQs in psychiatry suitable for candidates for postgraduate examinations such as the MRCPsych. However medical students general practitioners psychiatric nurses clinical psychologists psychiatric social workers and psychiatric occupational therapists will also find it useful as a valuable revision guide. The questions have been carefully selected to reflect the educational needs of psychiatrists in training. Most questions are accompanied by a short answer to provide an ideal self-teaching book for all those wanting to revise for examinations and improve their understanding of this important area.

The Doctor Is In

The Doctor Is In
Author: Carl Weber
Publisher: Urban Books
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2016-09-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1622868528

Dr. Kasen Phillips has the magic touch when it comes to helping his patients who are in dire need of counseling services, but when the love of his life winds up missing in action, Kasen’s life takes a horrific turn for the worse. His office manager, Voncile Harper, is there to lend a helping hand. She’s on a mission to shake Kasen from his misery, by offering him her sweet heat that he can’t resist. It’s not long before Kasen finds himself caught up in a web of Voncile’s lies, and when he realizes that he may have bitten off more than he can chew, he wants out of their reckless relationship for good. Unfortunately for Kasen, walking away may be difficult to do. Voncile is deep in love, and any man who refuses to play by her rules may be forced to suffer dire consequences.

The Doctor Stories

The Doctor Stories
Author: William Carlos Williams
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1984
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780811209267

Not only for students and doctors, this volume contains Williams's thirteen doctor stories, several of his most famous poems on medical matters, and The Practice from The Autobiography.

Medicine and Literature

Medicine and Literature
Author: John Salinsky
Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2002
Genre: Diseases in literature
ISBN: 9781857758306

Following the success of the first volume, volume 2 describes more classic novels, short stories, plays and poems in a detailed and user friendly style. It is a refreshing book that will give doctors a new perspective on the doctor-patient relationship.

The Doctor and the Kid

The Doctor and the Kid
Author: Mike Resnick
Publisher: Pyr
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-12-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781616145378

Welcome to a West like you've never seen before! With the O. K. Corral and the battle with the thing that used to be Johnny Ringo behind him, the consumptive Doc Holliday makes his way to Deadwood, Colorado. But when a gambling loss drains his bankroll, Doc aims for quick cash as a bounty hunter. The biggest reward? Young, 20-year-old desperado known as Billy the Kid. With a steampunk twist on these classic characters, nothing can be as simple as it seems.

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Author: Hugh Lofting
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes
Total Pages: 396
Release: 1922
Genre: Animals
ISBN:

Doctor Dolittle heads for the high seas in perhaps the most amazing adventure ever experienced by man or animal. Told by nine-and-a-half-year-old Tommy Stubbins, crewman and future naturalist, the voyages of Doctor Dolittle and his company lead them to Spidermonkey Island. Along with his faithful friends, Polynesia the parrot and Chee-Chee the monkey, Doctor Dolittle survives a perilous shipwreck and lands on the mysterious floating island. There he meets the wondrous Great Glass See Snail who holds the key to the greatest mystery of all.

The Glass Hammer

The Glass Hammer
Author: K. W. Jeter
Publisher: New Amer Library
Total Pages:
Release: 1989-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780451164865

Schuyler, a sprinter, one who outruns government particle beam satellites to deliver computer chips to the European black market, becomes a media celebrity and the icon of a new religious cult

Book Doctor

Book Doctor
Author: Esther Cohen
Publisher: Catapult
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2005-02-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1619020327

Everyone wants to write a book. Arlette Rosen knows this and earns her living helping strangers with their book ideas: books about Derrida and dieting, books of psychic exercises, a compendium of Alzheimer's jokes, and of course, an infinite number of books about love. Enter Harbinger Singh: a tax lawyer still in love with his ex–wife and set on revenge, who believes he can win her back by writing a book. All he needs is help with the actual writing. The lives of Arlette and Harbinger intertwine in unexpected ways as they meander along a path filled with writing, sex, movies, love, music, and continual revelation. Cohen has crafted a modern–day romance and a hilarious, knowing look at the troublesome process of bringing a book into the world—for readers and struggling writers everywhere.