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The Patient. Biological, Psychological, and Social Dimensions of Medical Practice.
Hoyle Leigh
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Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBDP; MMH; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
The old-fashioned doctor, whose departure from the modem medical scene is so greatly lamented, was amply aware of each patient's personality, family, work, and way of life. Today, we often blame a doctor's absence of that awareness on moral or ethical deficiency either in medical education or in the character of people who become physicians. An alternative explanation, however, is that doctors are just as moral, ethical, and concerned as ever before, but that a vast amount of additional new information has won the competition for attention. The data available to the old-fashioned doctor were a patient's history, physical examination, ... Read more
The old-fashioned doctor, whose departure from the modem medical scene is so greatly lamented, was amply aware of each patient's personality, family, work, and way of life. Today, we often blame a doctor's absence of that awareness on moral or ethical deficiency either in medical education or in the character of people who become physicians. An alternative explanation, however, is that doctors are just as moral, ethical, and concerned as ever before, but that a vast amount of additional new information has won the competition for attention. The data available to the old-fashioned doctor were a patient's history, physical examination, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
351
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468435290
SKU
V9781468435290
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