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Treatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor

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If youâ��ve ever gotten wrapped up in the arcana of �E.R.â�� or �House,â�� or been absorbed by a piece in The New Yorker by Gawande, Groopman, or Nuland, or sat on that exam table wondering whatâ��s really going on in your doctorâ��s head, then this book is for you.Expertise versus commonsense practice; moral judgments on young patients or their parents; asking tough questions; death and physician-assisted suicide; daily life with a doctorâ��s job ; doctors as patients-Klass addresses the primary issues in the life of any doctor and, by extension, the lives of those forwhom they care. Perri Klass, M.D., is a writer, teacher, pediatrician, and mentor. In her frequent contributions to the New York Times, she takes on a host of issues particular to the life of a doctor-secrecy, ethics, fear, grief, and competition-with a warmth and wit her readers have come to love. Now, in the newest addition to Basicâ��s ART OF MENTORING SERIES, she offers her guidance, and her stories, to a new generation of doctors and readers.

Pages: 257

Format: ebook

Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)

Release: May 10, 2014

ISBN: 1299714021

ISBN 13: 9781299714021

Treatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor

4/5 ( ratings)

If youâ��ve ever gotten wrapped up in the arcana of �E.R.â�� or �House,â�� or been absorbed by a piece in The New Yorker by Gawande, Groopman, or Nuland, or sat on that exam table wondering whatâ��s really going on in your doctorâ��s head, then this book is for you.Expertise versus commonsense practice; moral judgments on young patients or their parents; asking tough questions; death and physician-assisted suicide; daily life with a doctorâ��s job ; doctors as patients-Klass addresses the primary issues in the life of any doctor and, by extension, the lives of those forwhom they care. Perri Klass, M.D., is a writer, teacher, pediatrician, and mentor. In her frequent contributions to the New York Times, she takes on a host of issues particular to the life of a doctor-secrecy, ethics, fear, grief, and competition-with a warmth and wit her readers have come to love. Now, in the newest addition to Basicâ��s ART OF MENTORING SERIES, she offers her guidance, and her stories, to a new generation of doctors and readers.

Pages: 257

Format: ebook

Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)

Release: May 10, 2014

ISBN: 1299714021

ISBN 13: 9781299714021

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