The midnight meal and other essays about doctors, patients, and medicine
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Author
Publication
1997 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
32,000 words, Guess
Page Count
128 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivemidnightmealothe0000lowe_c6o2
- Internet Archivemidnightmealothe0000lowe
- ISBN-100300068166
- ISBN-139780300068160
- Goodreads1014773
Classifications
- DDC610
- LCCR727.3 .L68 1997
- LCCR727.3.L68 1997
Description
With wisdom and compassion, Dr. Jerome Lowenstein tells stories about relationships between medical students and their teachers, physicians and their colleagues, and physicians and their patients. He reflects on what doctors learn from treating chronic illness; how they respond to patients' needs for reassurance; how they bear the burden of treating patients with life-threatening or degenerative disease; whether the distinction between traditional and "alternative" medical treatment is ultimately beneficial or destructive; and many other issues. Dr. Lowenstein's ruminations on humanistic approaches to learning and practicing medicine will be treasured by physicians, medical students, and patients alike.
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