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The Orange Wire Problem and Other Tales from the Doctor's Office
David Watts
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Description for The Orange Wire Problem and Other Tales from the Doctor's Office
Hardcover. Whether recounting the decline and death of a dear friend or poking holes in the faulty logic of an insurance company underling, this title lays bare the nobility and weakness, generosity and churlishness of human nature. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: MBDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 395.
Western literature has had a long tradition of physician-writers. From Mikhail Bulgakov to William Carlos Williams to Richard Selzer to Ethan Canin, exposure to human beings at their most vulnerable has inspired fine writing. In his own inimitable and unpretentious style, David Watts is also a master storyteller. Whether recounting the decline and death of a dear friend or poking holes in the faulty logic of an insurance company underling, ""The Orange Wire Problem"" lays bare the nobility and weakness, generosity and churlishness of human nature. With disarming candor and the audacity to admit that practicing medicine can be a ... Read more
Western literature has had a long tradition of physician-writers. From Mikhail Bulgakov to William Carlos Williams to Richard Selzer to Ethan Canin, exposure to human beings at their most vulnerable has inspired fine writing. In his own inimitable and unpretentious style, David Watts is also a master storyteller. Whether recounting the decline and death of a dear friend or poking holes in the faulty logic of an insurance company underling, ""The Orange Wire Problem"" lays bare the nobility and weakness, generosity and churlishness of human nature. With disarming candor and the audacity to admit that practicing medicine can be a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Iowa, United States
ISBN
9781587298004
SKU
V9781587298004
Shipping Time
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About David Watts
David Watts practices medicine in San Francisco. A poet, musician, television host, and teacher, he is the author of Bedside Manners: One Doctor's Reflections on the Oddly Intimate Encounters between Patient and Healer, Blessing, Making, Taking the History, and Slow Walking at Jennery-by-the-Sea. He produced Healing Words: Poetry and the Art of Medicine, which was broadcast nationally on PBS in ... Read more
Reviews for The Orange Wire Problem and Other Tales from the Doctor's Office
With this new book, Watts takes his place among the most eloquent of modern physician-writers, casting a clear and honest light on the medicine of today, its absurdities, its limitations, its power, and its grace. The Orange Wire Problem captures it all with a signature eloquence and wit. If you are a physician, it will give you new eyes. If ... Read more