Chekhov's doctors
Subtitle: a collection of Chekhov's medical tales
By: edited by Jack Coulehan ; foreword by Robert Coles.
Contributors: Coulehan, John L., 1943-
Series: Literature and medicine ;
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 -- Translations into English.; Physicians -- Fiction.; Medical fiction.
Genres: Translations into English.; Fiction.
Description: "The stories in Chekhov's Doctors are powerful portraits of doctors in their everyday lives, struggling with their own personal problems as well as trying to serve their patients. The fifth volume in the acclaimed Literature and Medicine Series, Chekhov's Doctors will serve as a rich text for professional health care educators as well as for general readers."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199)
Table of contents: title: Intrigues (1883); title: Malingerers (1885); title: Excellent people (1886); title: Anyuta (1886); title: The doctor (1886); title: Darkness (1887); title: Enemies (1887); title: The examining magistrate (1887); title: An awkward business (1888); title: The princess (1889); title: A nervous breakdown (1889); title: Ward no. 6 (1892); title: The grasshopper (1892); title: The head gardener's story (1894); title: Ionitch (1898); title: A doctor's visit (1898).