03401nam 2200709 a 450 991081012720332120200520144314.00-19-029626-70-19-770924-91-282-54421-797866125442170-19-974839-X10.1093/oso/9780195327670.001.0001(CKB)2550000000010658(OCoLC)607555281(CaPaEBR)ebrary10375186(SSID)ssj0000431038(PQKBManifestationID)11250641(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431038(PQKBWorkID)10456521(PQKB)11107487(Au-PeEL)EBL2012760(CaPaEBR)ebr10375186(CaONFJC)MIL254421(OCoLC)923712546(OCoLC)1406788588(StDuBDS)9780197709245(MiAaPQ)EBC2012760(EXLCZ)99255000000001065820070206d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWhen doctors become patients /Robert Klitzman1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (344 p.) Oxford scholarship onlineFormerly CIP.UkPreviously issued in print: 2007.0-19-532767-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-322) and index.Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- PART I: Becoming a Patient -- 2 ''Magic White Coats'': Forms of Denial and Other Internal Obstacles to Becoming a Patient -- 3 ''The Medical Self'': Self-doctoring and Choosing Doctors -- 4 ''Screw-ups'': External Obstacles Faced in Becoming Patients -- 5 ''They Treated Me as if I Were Dead'': Peripheralization and Discrimination -- 6 ''Coming Out'' as Patients: Disclosures of Illness -- PART II: Being a Doctor After Being a Patient -- 7 Double Lens: Contrasting Views and Uses of Medical Knowledge -- 8 ''Being 'Strong' '': Workaholism, Burnout, and Coping -- 9 ''Once a Doctor, Always a Doctor?'': Retirement -- 10 ''Touched by the Light'': Spiritual Beliefs and Their Obstacles -- PART III: Interacting with Their Patients -- 11 ''Us versus Them'': Treating Patients Differently -- 12 Improving Education: Can Empathy Be Taught? -- 13 Conclusions: The Professional Self -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.Looking at the phenomenon of 'wounded healers': doctors who fall ill and become patients themselves, this text weaves together personal interviews with health care providers who have fallen ill, to provide a rich portrait of the psychology of doctors, the nature of human illness, and the pitfalls of our health care system.Oxford scholarship online.PhysiciansMiscellaneaPhysician and patientMiscellaneaPhysiciansAnecdotesPhysiciansPhysician and patientPhysicians610Klitzman Robert1086748MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810127203321When doctors become patients3992773UNINA