Treatment kind and fair
Subtitle: letters to a young doctor
By: Perri Klass
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780465037773
Subjects: Physicians; Physician-Patient Relations; Vocational guidance; Physician's Role; Career Choice; Attitudes; Medicine; Physician and patient
Description: A series of letters written from a doctor to her son, who is just beginning medical school, reveal the side of medicine not appearing on the job application, including compassion, empathy, and stress, and offer advice to all young doctors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-233).
Table of contents: title: Deciding to be a doctor: choosing and being chosen, and making your mother proud; title: Asking questions, crossing borders; title: Physical findings: appreciating a mass; title: The state of residency; title: Bugs, drugs, and data; title: Against medical advice; title: Making mistakes; title: Knowing stories and keeping secrets; title: Death and dying and presiding; title: Work and life.