Literature and medicine
Subtitle: an annotated bibliography
By: Joanne Trautmann and Carol Pollard.
Contributors: Pollard, Carol, 1940-
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: Contemporary community health series
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Medicine in literature -- Indexes; Medicine in literature -- Abstracts; Medicine in literature -- Bibliography
Description: Over 1300 entries to poems, novels, short stories, and plays published mostly during the 20th century. Selection remains based on the principle that "a literary work should be first-rate, or if not, then capable of illuminating in some special way one or more of our directly medical topics." Emphases on English and American literature; on materials by and about blacks; and about handicapped persons. Citations are arranged under chronological headings. Each entry gives bibliographical information, topical words, and summary. References are also listed under 39 topical words.
Notes: Includes index.