The nature of clinical medicine : the return of the clinician / Eric J. Cassell.
By: Cassell, Eric J [author.].
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: xiv, 329 pages ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199974863 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Philosophy, Medical | Physician's Role | Clinical Medicine | Physician-Patient RelationsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | R723 .C42823 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000006178 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The goals of medicine -- A story about a patient with aortic stenosis -- What are facts in medicine? -- Clarify the chain of events that led to the present state : the case as a narrative -- The case of Myra Manner -- Examine your presuppositions and preconceptions -- Separate and examine the values at issue -- A question of judgment -- The patient, the doctor, and the relationship -- Observation, prognosis, and prognosticating -- Thinking in medicine -- Accepting the challenge.