Overview
Medical Wisdom and Doctoring aims to fill a need in the current medical literature for a resource that presents some of the classic wisdom of medicine, presented in a manner that can help today's physicians achieve their full potential. This book details the lessons every physician should have learned in medical school but often didn't, as well as classic insights and examples from current clinical literature, medical history, and anecdotes from the author's long and distinguished career in medicine. Medical Wisdom and Doctoring: the Art of 21st Century Practice presents lessons a physician may otherwise need to learn from experience or error, and is sure to become a must-have for medical students, residents and young practitioners.
Full Product Details
Author: Robert Taylor
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.491kg
ISBN: 9781441955203
ISBN 10: 1441955208
Pages: 366
Publication Date: 04 March 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
From the reviews: The book is as close to an autobiography as Dr Taylor may get, full of personal advice and clinical stories couched in terms that seek to instruct and teach what he has learned in a lifetime of reading, practicing medicine, and writing. The writing ... is concise and includes the ideas and research and anecdotes that have guided him. ... The book gives the reader insight into the last half century of practice and shares lessons learned from a respected leader in academic medicine. (John Frey, Family Medicine, Vol. 44 (4), April, 2012)
From the reviews: The book is as close to an autobiography as Dr Taylor may get, full of personal advice and clinical stories couched in terms that seek to instruct and teach what he has learned in a lifetime of reading, practicing medicine, and writing. The writing ... is concise and includes the ideas and research and anecdotes that have guided him. ... The book gives the reader insight into the last half century of practice and shares lessons learned from a respected leader in academic medicine. (John Frey, Family Medicine, Vol. 44 (4), April, 2012)
From the reviews: “The book is as close to an autobiography as Dr Taylor may get, full of personal advice and clinical stories couched in terms that seek to instruct and teach what he has learned in a lifetime of reading, practicing medicine, and writing. The writing … is concise and includes the ideas and research and anecdotes that have guided him. … The book gives the reader insight into the last half century of practice and shares lessons learned from a respected leader in academic medicine.” (John Frey, Family Medicine, Vol. 44 (4), April, 2012)
