03035nam 2200565 a 450 991077894720332120230721020513.01-58729-849-X(CKB)2550000000083274(EBL)843288(OCoLC)773567004(SSID)ssj0000592316(PQKBManifestationID)11941246(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000592316(PQKBWorkID)10728869(PQKB)10307561(MiAaPQ)EBC843288(MdBmJHUP)muse9010(Au-PeEL)EBL843288(CaPaEBR)ebr10579431(EXLCZ)99255000000008327420080815d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe orange wire problem and other tales from the doctor's office[electronic resource] /David WattsIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20091 online resource (207 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58729-800-7 Includes bibliographical references.Preface: what you might expect to find here -- Facts and lies -- The orange wire problem -- Brain damage -- Let eagles come -- The chart in the window -- Thank you Mr. Nicholson -- Talking about Christmas -- Silence knows the right questions -- One cancer cell -- Anathema -- Telling the truth in the realm of truth -- Ghosts in the machine -- Blood butterfly -- Is something wrong with your prostate? -- The soft animal of the body -- Aspirin and beauty -- Notes from the center of a perpetual breakdown -- Ready for anything -- A critical distance -- The way we know what we know -- Third opinion -- Hanna's volvulus -- The case of the missing molecule -- The pill on the shelf -- Mother Teresa and the problem of care -- The doctor's pill -- Afterword: brilliance.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 tPhysician and patientAnecdotesMedicineAnecdotesPhysiciansAnecdotesPhysician and patientMedicinePhysicians610.69/6Watts H. David1574639MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778947203321The orange wire problem and other tales from the doctor's office3851029UNINA