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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Laurence A Savett |
| ISBN: | 0865693188 9780865693180 0865693196 9780865693197 |
| OCLC Number: | 48132364 |
| Description: | xxxiv, 263 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. What it's like to be a patient -- 1. Medical care starts with the patient's story -- 2. Learning from end-of-life stories -- 3. Time -- 4. Learning from patients' experiences -- 5. Learning from students' experiences -- 6. Learning about uncertainty -- 7. Learning how patients handle illness -- pt. 2. What it's like to be a physician -- 8. A day in the life of a physician -- 9. The medical history -- 10. Diagnosis : how physicians reason -- 11. Treatment and prognosis -- 12. Medicine is a collaborative profession -- 13. Rituals -- 14. Language and communication -- 15. What can go wrong -- 16. The physician as professional -- 17. Values and dealing with change -- 18. Becoming a physician : the evolution of a career -- pt. 3. The doctor-patient relationship -- 19. The qualities of the doctor-patient relationship -- 20. What can go wrong with the doctor-patient relationship -- 21. Addressing some of the myths about the doctor-patient relationship -- pt. 4. The human side of medicine : bringing it all together -- 22. Another look at a day in the life of a physician -- pt. 5. Teaching the human side of medicine -- 23. Teaching the human side of medicine -- pt. 6. Summing up -- 24. Fashioning the best system of medical care possible : what would be ideal for the patient ; what would be ideal for the physician -- 25. Epilogue and my personal journey. |
| Responsibility: | Laurence A. Savett ; foreword by William H. Harvey. |
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