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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162767803321

Autore

Dworkin Ronald William

Titolo

Medical catastrophe : confessions of an anesthesiologist / / Ronald W. Dworkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4422-6576-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 pages)

Disciplina

610.289

Soggetti

Medical errors

Personal Narratives

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The politics of a catastrophe -- Impatience and the need to be macho -- The trap of over-specialization -- When no one is in command -- When patients become consumers -- A tale of two offices -- When doctors lose control of their own personalities -- When doctors lose control of their own rules -- The problem of going part-time and when to retire -- I come full circle -- What is a doctor?.