LEADER 03056nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910824146903321 005 20240516112922.0 010 $a1-58729-849-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000083274 035 $a(EBL)843288 035 $a(OCoLC)773567004 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000592316 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11941246 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000592316 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10728869 035 $a(PQKB)10307561 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843288 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9010 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843288 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579431 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000083274 100 $a20080815d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe orange wire problem and other tales from the doctor's office /$fDavid Watts 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (207 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58729-800-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aPreface: 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. 330 $aWestern 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 t 606 $aPhysician and patient$vAnecdotes 606 $aMedicine$vAnecdotes 606 $aPhysicians$vAnecdotes 615 0$aPhysician and patient 615 0$aMedicine 615 0$aPhysicians 676 $a610.69/6 676 $a610.696 700 $aWatts$b H. David$01682248 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824146903321 996 $aThe orange wire problem and other tales from the doctor's office$94052235 997 $aUNINA