172 Pages
by
CRC Press
173 Pages
by
CRC Press
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This is a wonderful collection of stories about doctors and patients, including many by world-famous authors who were also physicians, such as Oliver Sacks, Anton Chekhov and Arthur Conan Doyle. Always moving, entertaining and informative, and sometimes troubling, these remarkable stories will appeal to anyone with an interest in health, illness and medical care. They also provide essential core... Read more
Introduction. Mikhail Bulgakov - 'Baptism by Rotation'. Franz Kafka - 'A Country Doctor'. Arthur Conan Doyle - 'A Medical Document'. Rachel Naomi Remen - 'In the Gray Zone'. Renate Rubinstein - 'Telling the Truth'. Ruth Picardie - 'Observer Life'. Rachel Clark - 'Inside and Out and Upside Down'. Clive Sinclair - 'My Life as a Pig'. W Somerset Maugham - 'Sanatorium'. O'Henry - 'Let Me Feel Your Pulse'. Oliver Sacks - 'Rebecca'. Cecil Helman - 'The Other Half of Eddie Barnett. William Carlos Williams - 'The Use of Force'. A J Cronin - 'The Case of David Murray'. Anton Chekhov - 'A Doctor's Visit'. Moacyr Scliar - 'The King of Xingu'.
Biography
Cecil Helman
