Doctor

ISBN-13: 9781501338175 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 176 str.

Dr. Andrew Bomback (Columbia University College of Physician

Opis

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. A 3-year-old asks her physician father about his job, and his inability to provide a succinct and accurate answer inspires a critical look at the profession of modern medicine. In sorting through how patients, insurance companies, advertising agencies, filmmakers, and comedians misconstrue a doctor’s role, Andrew Bomback, M.D., realizes that even doctors struggle to define their profession. As the author attempts to unravel how much of doctoring is role-playing, artifice, and bluffing, he examines the career of his father, a legendary pediatrician on the verge of retirement, and the health of his infant son, who is suffering from a vague assortment of gastrointestinal symptoms. At turns serious, comedic, analytical, and confessional, Doctor offers an unflinching look at what it means to be a physician today. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

Recenzje

This little gem should be required reading included in all medical schools as a reference for lessons in empathy for first- and last-year medical students, and for anyone who watches and is wary of the changes that are taking place in healthcare. Five stars. Manhattan Book Review

Spis treści

Introduction1. The Fourth Wall2. My Favorite Types of Patients3. I Have Good News and Bad News4. You Get Better Because We Are Better5. Doctors at Home6. Texters and Emailers and Tweeters7. What Are Their Names?8. Highly Attentive Medicine9. It's Complicated10. And It Will Last Forever11. The Business of Medicine12. A Diagnosis (Something to Do)13. Everything You Say Is Important to Me14. Harp Lies15. The Longer You Stay, the Longer You Stay16. The Future Is Already Here17. History and Physical18. Don't WorryAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

O autorze

Andrew Bomback, MD, is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA. His writing has appeared in The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Atlantic, The Kenyon Review, The Millions, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, New Delta Review, Essay Daily, and Hobart.