Contemporary Physician-Authors: Exploring the Insights of Doctors Who Write - Paperback
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Contemporary Physician-Authors: Exploring the Insights of Doctors Who Write - Paperback
$97.18
by Nathan Carlin (Editor)
This book examines the phenomenon of physician-authors. Focusing on the books that contemporary doctors write--the stories that they tell--with contributors critically engaging their work.
A selection of original chapters from leading scholars in medical and health humanities analyze the literary output of doctors, including Oliver Sacks, Danielle Ofri, Atul Gawande, Louise Aronson, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Abraham Verghese. Discussing issues of moral meaning in the works of contemporary doctor-writers, from memoir to poetry, this collection reflects some of the diversity of medicine today.
A key reference for all students and scholars of medical and health humanities, the book will be especially useful for those interested in the relationship between literature and practising medicine.
Author Biography
Nathan Carlin is Professor in the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA, where he holds the Samuel Karff Chair.
Number of Pages: 260
Dimensions: 0.58 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN
Publication Date: September 25, 2023
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