The midnight meal and other essays about doctors, patients, and medicine
By: Jerome Lowenstein.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Physician and patient; Medicine -- Philosophy; Physicians -- Attitudes; Interpersonal relations; Physician-Patient Relations -- essays; Interprofessional Relations -- essays; Philosophy, Medical -- essays
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-126) and index.