How Not to be a Doctor : And Other Essays

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Essential guide for doctors to succeed and empathize.

This book is an essential read for doctors and medical professionals who want to excel in their field while maintaining their humanity. With a collection of thought-provoking essays, John Launer explores the skills and experiences that are crucial to being a successful doctor. This book combines humor, wisdom, and candor to provide inspiration and reassurance to readers. It serves as a reminder that being a doctor is about more than just medical knowledge, but about connecting with patients on a deeper level.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

How Not to be a Doctor : And Other Essays

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ISBN: 9780715652145
Authors: John Launer
Publisher: Duckworth Overlook
Date of Publication: 2018-03-05
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Creative Nonfiction
Related Topics: Essays
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How Not to Be A Doctor is a selection of essays by John Launer, doctor and medical columnist, on the practice and teaching of medicine. Taken together, they set out an argument that being a doctor - a real doctor - should mean being able to draw on every aspect of yourself, your interests, and your experiences, however remote these may seem from the medical task of the moment.Originating from the popular columns Launer has written for medical journals over his career, the more than fifty essays cover a range of topics including music, poetry, literature, and psychoanalysis, as well as contemporary medical politics and the personal experiences of being a doctor. From lessons on what they don't teach you in medical school, to a story of the imagined conversation between two prehistoric medical men, to the author's poignant account of being a patient himself as he received treatment for a life-threatening illness, the essays in How Not to Be a Doctor combine erudition with humour, candour, and the human touch. They show how, in medicine, you cannot separate personal experiences from professional ones, in short stories and reflections that will inform and entertain readers on both ends of the stethoscope.
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