The soul of medicine
Subtitle: tales from the bedside
By: by Sherwin B. Nuland.
Publisher: Kaplan Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781607140559
Subjects: Medicine -- Anecdotes; Medicine -- Personal Narratives; Physicians -- Personal Narratives
Genres: Anecdotes.; Personal Narratives.
Description: The remarkable stories told in this book are filled with the lessons of humanity. They describe that sacrosanct connection between two people we call the doctor-patient relationship, and that other relationship between the mentor and student, so important to the perpetuation of medical knowledge, judgement, wisdom and character.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The surgeon's tale; title: The family physician's tale; title: The dermatologist's tale; title: The gastroenterologist's tale; title: The obstetrician-gynecologist's tale; title: The ophthalmologist's tale; title: The cardiologist's tale; title: The pediatric cardiologist's tale; title: The anesthesiologist's tale; title: The neurosurgeon's tale; title: The chest surgeon's tale(s); title: The medical student's tale; title: The geriatrician's tale; title: The bronchoscopist's tale; title: The internist's tale; title: The surgeon's second tale; title: The nephrologist's tale; title: The neurologist's tale; title: The urologist's tale; title: The pediatrician's tale; title: The narrator's tale.