The celebrated bestselling author of Toscanini's Fumble and Newton's Madness regales readers with 27 gripping, sometimes bizarre stories that cut to the heart of medical ethics. Dr. Klawans takes to task the entire structure of modern medicine, questioning what it does to us as human beings. He covers hero-worship of doctors, dying at the hospital instead of at home among familiar faces, and more.
Language
English
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Continuum
Release
October 01, 1992
ISBN
1557785260
ISBN 13
9781557785268
Life, Death, and In Between: Tales Of Clinical Neurology
The celebrated bestselling author of Toscanini's Fumble and Newton's Madness regales readers with 27 gripping, sometimes bizarre stories that cut to the heart of medical ethics. Dr. Klawans takes to task the entire structure of modern medicine, questioning what it does to us as human beings. He covers hero-worship of doctors, dying at the hospital instead of at home among familiar faces, and more.