The Doctor in Literature: Satisfaction or Resentment?: Satisfaction or Resentment?
The Doctor in Literature: Satisfaction or Resentment?: Satisfaction or Resentment? (v. 1) Solomon Posen,
Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing
ISBN: 1857756096
DDC: 808.803561
Edition: Paperback; 2005-02
Summary:
This annotated indexed anthology deals with doctor-patient
interactions, as portrayed in novels, short stories and plays,
especially where these are unsatisfactory. This book is unique among
medical anthologies in that readers can look up medical topics as
they appear in fiction. It analyses sources of conflict such as the
fee, the doctor’s perceived lack of time, annoying bedside
mannerisms, and poor communication. Differences between authors’
perceptions and what happens in the real world are highlighted. The
choice of passages is based on clinical relevance, and the range of
subjects and quotations are generally not found in other texts.This
work brings together some 1500 passages from approximately 600 works
of literature, to provide a major reference source, to identify and
analyze recurring themes in the portrayal of medical doctors, and to
provide pleasure for readers who use it for browsing."Dr Posen has
had to pick widely and carefully. What he offers is a full range of
judgments. Why should those of us who are physicians look at what Dr
Posen has placed before us? If we know how we are seen by the rest of
the world, we may be more likely to conduct ourselves so as to
demonstrate the value of what we profess. Among his readers should
also be physicians-to-be, medical students, and it can speak to a
much wider audience: patients, parents, nurses, politicians,
economists and historians." Edward J Huth, Emeritus Editor of the
Annals of Internal Medicine, in his Foreword.
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