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| ISBN: | 0585359784
9780585359786
0300068166
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-126) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | With wisdom and compassion, Dr. Jerome Lowenstein tells stories about relationships between medical students and their teachers, physicians and their colleagues, and physicians and their patients. He reflects on what doctors learn from treating chronic illness; how they respond to patients' needs for reassurance; how they bear the burden of treating patients with life-threatening or degenerative disease; whether the distinction between traditional and "alternative" medical treatment is ultimately beneficial or destructive; and many other issues. Dr. Lowenstein's ruminations on humanistic approaches to learning and practicing medicine will be treasured by physicians, medical students, and patients alike.
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| Other form: | Print version: Lowenstein, Jerome. Midnight meal and other essays about doctors, patients, and medicine. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1997 0300068166
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