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The Rhetoric of Medicine

Download or Read eBook The Rhetoric of Medicine PDF written by Dr Nigel Nicholson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Rhetoric of Medicine
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 374
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ISBN-10 : 9780190457501
ISBN-13 : 0190457503
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Book Synopsis The Rhetoric of Medicine by : Dr Nigel Nicholson

Book excerpt: The Rhetoric of Medicine explores problems that confront medical professionals today by first examining similar problems that confronted physicians in ancient Greece. This framework provides illuminating entry points into challenges faced by the practice of medicine, enabling readers to understand more clearly their shape and operation in the modern context-as well as their possible solutions. Topics covered include: larger cultural ideas about the body; tension between professional values and working for money; effective collaboration and competition with alternative healthcare providers; restrictions on political involvement that are part of a physician's identity; maintaining a space for professional autonomy and judgment; mentoring that is effective but not exclusive; and physicians' recognition of themselves as patients as well as professionals. A unique collaboration between a classicist and a neurosurgeon, The Rhetoric of Medicine is a call to interrogate the narratives and ideas that shape medical care and to revise and replace those that do not serve patient health.


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