Contemporary Physician-Authors : Exploring the Insights of Doctors Who Write (Paperback)

Introduction.  Part One: Two Traditional Representatives.  1.Richard Selzer: Three Troubling Tales of Physicians’ Peculiar Behavior  2.Oliver Sacks: A Kind of Reminiscence.  Part Two: Three Contemporary Favorites.  3.Perri Klass: Books Are Like Stethoscopes.  4.Abraham Verghese: The Power of Storytelling.  5.Atul Gawande: Doctoring, Dying, and the Pursuit of "Better".  Part Three: Medicine, Meaning, and Identity.  6.Danielle Ofri: Offering Lessons for All.  7.Paul Kalanithi: Sometimes, They Break?Craft as a Window.  8.Joanna Cannon: Leaving Medicine to Pursue a Physician’s Calling.  9.Damon Tweedy: Stories on Being Black, Sick, and Marginalized.  10.Fady Joudah: An Exploration of Borders and Boundaries.  11.Louise Aronson: Using Facts and Stories to Improve Medical Care for Older Adults.  12.Marc Agronin: Into the Heart of Growing Old.  Part Four: Alternative Models.  13.David Watts and Frank Huyler: A Tale of Two Patients,  14.Siddhartha Mukherjee: Tending and Extending?The Long and Short of Siddhartha Mukherjee.  15.Arthur Kleinman: Professional Caregiving Narratives Become Personal