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Record Nr.

UNINA9910882998903321

Titolo

Heart Murmurs : : What Patients Teach Their Doctors / / edited by Sharon Dobie, MD

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, CA : , : UC Medical Humanities Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-9889865-5-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 pages)

Collana

Perspectives in medical humanities

Disciplina

610.696

Soggetti

Physician and patient

Physicians' writings

Relations medecin-patient

Écrits de medecins

Relations medecin-patient - États-Unis

Physician-Patient Relations

Physician and patient - United States

Recits personnels.

Personal narratives.

Personal narratives

Personal Narrative

Electronic books.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Connection -- Cheer in our midst -- Courage -- A good death -- Unexpected hope -- Lessons about control -- Where do we draw the line? -- Bias, assumption and learning tolerance -- Can I really know you? -- or anyone? -- My patient as a mirror -- Self-acceptance -- Our stories, and the ethics of writing about patients.

Sommario/riassunto

Do your doctors share what they have learned from you? Likely not! With little precedent for physicians to open up about the impact their patients have on their personal development, Heart Murmurs: What Patients Teach Their Doctors breaks tradition with a collection of



stories by author and editor Sharon Dobie M.D. and 35 other physicians. Aware for years that her patients taught her at least as much as she gave them, Dr. Dobie's acknowledgment of this reciprocity led to this project. Grouped thematically, the stories encourage health care providers to think about their relationships with patients and through that reflection, to know themselves more deeply. They also take all readers from the specific to universal messages, asking all of us to see how we are changed within all relationships, doctor-patient or otherwise. These humanizing tales draw us back to basics: relationships matter for us all.