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Author:   Nathan Carlin (UT Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.517kg
ISBN:  

9780367528805

ISBN 10:   0367528800
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   24 November 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"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"

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"""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"

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Nathan Carlin is Professor in the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA, where he holds the Samuel Karff Chair.

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