| The Midnight Meal: And Other Essays about Doctors, Patients, and Medicine Expanded Edition Contributor(s): Lowenstein, Jerome (Author), Markel, Howard (Foreword by), Stern, Alexandra Minna (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0472030841 ISBN-13: 9780472030842 Publisher: University of Michigan Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: In this book, an accomplished physician and teacher of medicine discusses the importance of being a "caring" doctor, especially now that the focus of medicine is increasingly on technological innovation and health care costs. 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Essays |
| Dewey: 610.696 |
| LCCN: 2005041780 |
| Series: Conversations in Medicine and Society (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.56" W x 8.26" (0.48 lbs) 142 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this expanded edition, an accomplished physician and teacher of medicine discusses the importance of being a caring doctor, especially now that the focus of medicine is increasingly on technological innovation and health care costs. With wisdom and compassion, Dr. Jerome Lowenstein tells stories about relationships between medical students and their teachers, 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. |