White coat tales: medicine's heroes, heritage, and misadventures

The book, divided into three parts, covers topics such as how physicians became physicians, how the use of terms that are used everyday in medicine came about and how there have been both good and bad experiences in medicine. The material that is presented in this book is written in a way that is not only easily comprehended but can be used in the day to day life of a physician. What health professionals should know about medical history Written by a distinguished leader in medical education and highly respected author of over 23 medical books Stories that put today's medical practice into perspective Insights into the history, language and culture of medicine INDICE: Part I: Our Heritage as Physicians.- Milestones in Medical History.- Diseases that Shaped History.- Lesser Known Chapters in Medical History.- Part II: The Language and Literature of Medicine.- Stories of Favorite Medical Words and Phrases.- Whose What? The Men and Women behind the Eponyms.- MedicalAbbreviations, Acronyms and Euphemisms.- Medical Aphorisms.- Mnemonics in Medical Education and Practice.- Memorable Medical Quotations.- Medicine in Literature and Literature in Medicine.- Part III: Clinical Adventures and Misadventures.- Famous Persons as Patients and Retrospective Diagnosis.- Searching for Clinical Pearls.- Medical Irony, Serendipity, Surprises and Trivia.- Myths, Misinformation and Misadventures in Medicine.- Care Gone Wrong : Frauds Quacks and Rogues.- Now and Future Practice.

• ISBN: 978-1-4419-1619-8
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés