Searching for the best medicine [[electronic resource] ] : the life and times of a doctor and patient / / Arthur Bank |
Autore | Bank Arthur |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : World Scientific, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 610.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine - Study and teaching
Patients - Care |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 981-4425-51-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Table of Contents; Prologue; Part One The Doctor As Patient; Chapter One The Big C; Discovery; Surgery and recovery; The real world of medicine; Visitors and privacy; Dr. Edgar Leifer; Chapter Two Getting Better; Recovery; Learning the truth; Hoping for the best and 5-FU; Dr. Peter Wiernik; Attitudes; Drugs and the future; Discovering God or something like it; Death; Reality; The sabbatical in Paris; Sally; Part Two Growing Up; Chapter Three In The Beginning; The pretzel bakery; Going to school; Friends; Hebrew School; Bronx Science; Social life; Chapter Four College Days; The academic milieu
SportsA social life; Chapter Five Decisions, Decisions; Harvard Med; Medicine; Better medicine; New friends; Summers and money; Love and marriage; Chapter Six Basic Training; Emergencies; Patients, patience; The staff; Part Three Doing Medicine; Chapter Seven A Special Calling; The Ideal Physician; The Drill: Taking the history; The physical examination: a lost art; The laboratory and x-rays: great advances; The science of medicine; Chapter Eight Making Diagnoses; The Difficult Cases; Chapter Nine Columbia-Presbyterian Medicine; Ward Rounds; General Medical Clinic Chapter Ten Becoming a HematologistMy subspecialty; A new life; Making another decision; Life at the NIH; Returning to Columbia; Chapter Eleven Hematology and Oncology; Divisions; Chapter Twelve Doing Hematology; Coagulation; Anemia: the hematologist's forte; Mysteries; Hematology conferences; Caring for in-patients; Chapter Thirteen Sickle Cell Disease; Caring; A complex disease; Chapter Fourteen Special People; Gladys; Vinnie; Part Four Medicine Today; Chapter Fifteen The Practice of Medicine; The real world for doctors; Really good doctors; Dubious activities; Younger doctors; Bad doctors Best adviceChapter Sixteen The Business of Medicine; My medical insurance; The big picture; Chapter Seventeen Solutions; The Affordable Care Act; Chapter Eighteen Changing Times; America Divided; Chapter Nineteen The Last Chapter; About the Author; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462794903321 |
Bank Arthur | ||
Singapore, : World Scientific, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Searching for the best medicine : the life and times of a doctor and patient / / Arthur Bank, M.D., Columbia University, USA |
Autore | Bank Arthur |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : World Scientific, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 610.92 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Physicians - New York
Medical care - United States - History |
ISBN | 981-4425-51-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Table of Contents; Prologue; Part One The Doctor As Patient; Chapter One The Big C; Discovery; Surgery and recovery; The real world of medicine; Visitors and privacy; Dr. Edgar Leifer; Chapter Two Getting Better; Recovery; Learning the truth; Hoping for the best and 5-FU; Dr. Peter Wiernik; Attitudes; Drugs and the future; Discovering God or something like it; Death; Reality; The sabbatical in Paris; Sally; Part Two Growing Up; Chapter Three In The Beginning; The pretzel bakery; Going to school; Friends; Hebrew School; Bronx Science; Social life; Chapter Four College Days; The academic milieu
SportsA social life; Chapter Five Decisions, Decisions; Harvard Med; Medicine; Better medicine; New friends; Summers and money; Love and marriage; Chapter Six Basic Training; Emergencies; Patients, patience; The staff; Part Three Doing Medicine; Chapter Seven A Special Calling; The Ideal Physician; The Drill: Taking the history; The physical examination: a lost art; The laboratory and x-rays: great advances; The science of medicine; Chapter Eight Making Diagnoses; The Difficult Cases; Chapter Nine Columbia-Presbyterian Medicine; Ward Rounds; General Medical Clinic Chapter Ten Becoming a HematologistMy subspecialty; A new life; Making another decision; Life at the NIH; Returning to Columbia; Chapter Eleven Hematology and Oncology; Divisions; Chapter Twelve Doing Hematology; Coagulation; Anemia: the hematologist's forte; Mysteries; Hematology conferences; Caring for in-patients; Chapter Thirteen Sickle Cell Disease; Caring; A complex disease; Chapter Fourteen Special People; Gladys; Vinnie; Part Four Medicine Today; Chapter Fifteen The Practice of Medicine; The real world for doctors; Really good doctors; Dubious activities; Younger doctors; Bad doctors Best adviceChapter Sixteen The Business of Medicine; My medical insurance; The big picture; Chapter Seventeen Solutions; The Affordable Care Act; Chapter Eighteen Changing Times; America Divided; Chapter Nineteen The Last Chapter; About the Author; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786969703321 |
Bank Arthur | ||
Singapore, : World Scientific, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Searching for the best medicine : the life and times of a doctor and patient / / Arthur Bank, M.D., Columbia University, USA |
Autore | Bank Arthur |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : World Scientific, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 610.92 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Physicians - New York
Medical care - United States - History |
ISBN | 981-4425-51-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Table of Contents; Prologue; Part One The Doctor As Patient; Chapter One The Big C; Discovery; Surgery and recovery; The real world of medicine; Visitors and privacy; Dr. Edgar Leifer; Chapter Two Getting Better; Recovery; Learning the truth; Hoping for the best and 5-FU; Dr. Peter Wiernik; Attitudes; Drugs and the future; Discovering God or something like it; Death; Reality; The sabbatical in Paris; Sally; Part Two Growing Up; Chapter Three In The Beginning; The pretzel bakery; Going to school; Friends; Hebrew School; Bronx Science; Social life; Chapter Four College Days; The academic milieu
SportsA social life; Chapter Five Decisions, Decisions; Harvard Med; Medicine; Better medicine; New friends; Summers and money; Love and marriage; Chapter Six Basic Training; Emergencies; Patients, patience; The staff; Part Three Doing Medicine; Chapter Seven A Special Calling; The Ideal Physician; The Drill: Taking the history; The physical examination: a lost art; The laboratory and x-rays: great advances; The science of medicine; Chapter Eight Making Diagnoses; The Difficult Cases; Chapter Nine Columbia-Presbyterian Medicine; Ward Rounds; General Medical Clinic Chapter Ten Becoming a HematologistMy subspecialty; A new life; Making another decision; Life at the NIH; Returning to Columbia; Chapter Eleven Hematology and Oncology; Divisions; Chapter Twelve Doing Hematology; Coagulation; Anemia: the hematologist's forte; Mysteries; Hematology conferences; Caring for in-patients; Chapter Thirteen Sickle Cell Disease; Caring; A complex disease; Chapter Fourteen Special People; Gladys; Vinnie; Part Four Medicine Today; Chapter Fifteen The Practice of Medicine; The real world for doctors; Really good doctors; Dubious activities; Younger doctors; Bad doctors Best adviceChapter Sixteen The Business of Medicine; My medical insurance; The big picture; Chapter Seventeen Solutions; The Affordable Care Act; Chapter Eighteen Changing Times; America Divided; Chapter Nineteen The Last Chapter; About the Author; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812984203321 |
Bank Arthur | ||
Singapore, : World Scientific, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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