Contemporary Physician-Authors: Exploring the Insights of Doctors Who Write

ISBN-13: 9780367528805 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 260 str.

Nathan Carlin

Opis

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.

Recenzje

"Contemporary Physicians-Authors demonstrates that most of today's writers speak in a self-aware, reflective voice that keeps them close to the ground, while they also retain the flexibility to take a more bird's-eye view to comment, report, and advocate. The book's primary audience is academic (e.g., students and professors of medical humanities), but anyone who has read a few or more of these authors is likely to find something of interest and perhaps discover a brand-new author to investi­gate."
-Jack Coulehan, Journal of Medical Humanities

Spis treści

Introduction.  Part One: Two Traditional Representatives.  1.Richard Selzer: Three Troubling Tales of Physicians’ Peculiar Behavior  2.Oliver Sacks: A Kind of Reminiscence.  Part Two: Three Contemporary Favorites.  3.Perri Klass: Books Are Like Stethoscopes.  4.Abraham Verghese: The Power of Storytelling.  5.Atul Gawande: Doctoring, Dying, and the Pursuit of "Better".  Part Three: Medicine, Meaning, and Identity.  6.Danielle Ofri: Offering Lessons for All.  7.Paul Kalanithi: Sometimes, They Break—Craft as a Window.  8.Joanna Cannon: Leaving Medicine to Pursue a Physician’s Calling.  9.Damon Tweedy: Stories on Being Black, Sick, and Marginalized.  10.Fady Joudah: An Exploration of Borders and Boundaries.  11.Louise Aronson: Using Facts and Stories to Improve Medical Care for Older Adults.  12.Marc Agronin: Into the Heart of Growing Old.  Part Four: Alternative Models.  13.David Watts and Frank Huyler: A Tale of Two Patients,  14.Siddhartha Mukherjee: Tending and Extending—The Long and Short of Siddhartha Mukherjee.  15.Arthur Kleinman: Professional Caregiving Narratives Become Personal