1st Edition

Doctors in Fiction Lessons from Literature

By Borys Surawicz, Beverly Jacobson Copyright 2009
214 Pages
by CRC Press

214 Pages
by CRC Press

Medical practitioners are key actors in many well-known works of fiction and literature, presenting a vital insight into the social, medical, scientific and ethical concerns of their authors and readers. However, medical professionals are often left little time to explore such cultural perceptions of their profession, and by extension themselves, despite the extent to which the views of their... Read more
Early Docs. Idealistic doctors. Destroyed careers. Novel psychiatrists. Dispirited doctors. Abortion issues. Satirized doctors. Doctors in dramas. Contemporary doctors.

Biography

Borys Surawicz, Beverly Jacobson