The Deadly Dinner Party: and Other Medical Detective Stories

Author:   Jonathan A. Edlow ,  Joel Richards
Publisher:   Tantor Media, Inc
Edition:   Unabridged edition
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9781705217924


Publication Date:   16 June 2020
Format:   Audio  Audio Format
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Picking up where Berton Roueche's The Medical Detectives left off, The Deadly Dinner Party presents fifteen edge-of-your-seat, real-life medical detective stories written by a practicing physician. Award-winning author Jonathan Edlow, MD, shows the doctor as detective and the epidemiologist as elite sleuth in stories that are as gripping as the best thrillers. In these stories a notorious stomach bug turns a suburban dinner party into a disaster that almost claims its host; a diminutive woman routinely eats more than her football-playing boyfriend but continually loses weight; a young executive is diagnosed with lung cancer, yet the tumors seem to wax and wane inexplicably. Written for the lay person who wishes to better grasp how doctors decipher the myriad clues and puzzling symptoms they often encounter, each story presents a very different case where doctors must work to find the accurate diagnosis before it is too late. Edlow uses his unique ability to relate complex medical concepts in a writing style that is clear, engaging and easily understandable. The resulting stories both entertain us and teach us much about medicine, its history and the subtle interactions among pathogens, humans, and the environment.

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Author:   Jonathan A. Edlow ,  Joel Richards
Publisher:   Tantor Media, Inc
Imprint:   Tantor Audio
Edition:   Unabridged edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 13.70cm
Weight:   0.079kg
ISBN:  

9781705217924


ISBN 10:   1705217923
Publication Date:   16 June 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Jonathan A. Edlow, MD, is vice chair of emergency medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School. He is the author of the award-winning Bull's Eye: Unraveling the Medical Mystery of Lyme Disease and Stroke. He lives in Newtonville, MA. Joel Richards was the kid who did crazy things just to have a good story to tell afterward. On deciding to make his affection his profession, he received a BFA in acting and a BA in English from the University of Utah. He has narrated over 150 audiobooks and continues to tell his original stories to live audiences.

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