Nathan (Hrsg.) Carlin

Contemporary Physician-Authors

Exploring the Insights of Doctors Who Write

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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 me… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-00-047481-7
EAN: 9781000474817
Produktnummer: 36596431
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 276 S.
Plattform: PDF
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

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.