Bedside Manners One Doctor's Reflections on the Oddly Intimate Encounters Between Patient and Healer

Name: Bedside Manners One Doctor's Reflections on the Oddly Intimate Encounters Between Patient and Healer
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ISBN: 9781400080526

ISBN-10: 1400080525

ISBN-13: 9781400080526

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Authors: David Watts

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Have you ever wondered what life is like on the other side of the stethoscope? Combining the grace and precision of a poet with a down-to-earth, compassionate manner, physician and NPR commentator David Watts reveals what it's really like to be a doctor today. From difficult diagnoses, irreverent colleagues, brave survivors, and examining room embarrassments, Watts uncovers the world of contemporary medicine and shares the emotional truths and practical realities at the heart of every doctor-patient relationship. Watts's warmhearted and understanding attitude toward his patients--and their foibles--is evident on every page of this surprising, poignant, and intimate look inside the life of…

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List price: $19.00
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/28/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.17" wide x 8.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.704



Preface





White Rabbits


The Doctor with Food on His Shirt


Advance Directive


Sylvester


Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word


Circus


Surgical Wound


Telephone Tree


Stricture


Attraction


Monologue Millie and the System of Care





Waiting to Be Served


Flu Shot


The Morbius Monster


Living It Up at the Top of the Mark


Not Waving but Drowning


Annie's Antidote


Mrs. Robinson Eyes


Ectopic


Me and the HEC


Palooka


Her Language


Evening in the Two Worlds





When Crazy Gets Sick


Joke Man


The Gift of Nothing


The Girl in the Painting by Vermeer


Lunch at the Stereotype Cafe


Lost in Translation


Codger


About Money


If Your Saw It, It Would Look Like a Tree Burning


The HMO and the Renegade in Me


The Stalker's Bridegroom


Hospital du Jour


Ritual


Home Remedy


Pain and Heroes





Ailerons


Motivation


The Patient Nazi


The Two Stories


Malady Menage


Protection


Consultation


The Third Satisfaction


Two Dyings


Piano Lesson


Permission Acknowledgments