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White Coat Tales : Medicine’s Heroes, Heritage, and Misadventures / by Robert B. Taylor

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: SpringerLink BücherPublisher: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008Description: Online-Ressource (XVI, 272p, digital)ISBN:
  • 9780387730806
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9780387730790 | Buchausg. u.d.T.: White coat tales. New York : Springer, 2008. XV, 271 S.DDC classification:
  • 616.009
  • 610.9
  • 610 22
RVK: RVK: XB 2300LOC classification:
  • R131-687
  • R133
NLM classification:
  • 2008 A-011
  • WZ 40
DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73080-6Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1. Heroes, diseases and remedies. Heroes in medical historyDiseases that changed history -- Drugs and other remedies -- pt. 2. The heritage and culture of medicine. Medical words and phrases -- Whose syndrome? Stories of medical eponyms -- Medical abbreviations, acronyms, euphemisms, jargon, and slang -- Medical aphorisms -- Memorable medical quotations -- pt. 3. Clinical notes and medical misadventures. Famous persons as patients -- Misadventures: myths, misinformation, blunders, and wrongdoing -- Now and future practice.
Summary: The book, divided into three parts, covers topics such as how physicians became physicians, how the use of terms that are used everyday in medicine came about and how there have been both good and bad experiences in medicine. The material that is presented in this book is written in a way that is not only easily comprehended but can be used in the day to day life of a physician. TOC:Part I: Our Heritage as Physicians.- Milestones in Medical History.- Diseases that Shaped History.- Lesser Known Chapters in Medical History.- Part II: The Language and Literature of Medicine.- Stories of Favorite Medical Words and Phrases.- Whose What? The Men and Women behind the Eponyms.- Medical Abbreviations, Acronyms and Euphemisms.- Medical Aphorisms.- Mnemonics in Medical Education and Practice.- Memorable Medical Quotations.- Medicine in Literature and Literature in Medicine.- Part III: Clinical Adventures and Misadventures.- Famous Persons as Patients and Retrospective Diagnosis.- Searching for Clinical Pearls.- Medical Irony, Serendipity, Surprises and Trivia.- Myths, Misinformation and Misadventures in Medicine.- Care Gone Wrong : Frauds Quacks and Rogues.- Now and Future Practice.PPN: PPN: 164940400XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-SMI | ZDB-2-SME
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