Fiction & physicians : medicine through the eyes of writers / Stephen McWilliams.

  • McWilliams, Stephen, 1974-
Date:
[2012]
  • Books

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Also known as

Fiction and physicians

Description

"Fiction & Physicians is a fascinating collection of linked essays, brief biographies and literary reviews that relate to medicine in the context of literature (including novels, short stories, poetry and plays). The central focus is on (a) doctors who wrote fiction (b) memorable fictional doctors as described by mostly non-medical authors and (c) medical illness portrayed vividly in fiction."--Publisher website.

Publication/Creation

Raheny, Dublin 5, Ireland : The Liffey Press, [2012]

Physical description

xiii, 233 page ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-218) and index.

Contents

Acknowledgements -- Prologue : th ghosts of Bewley's Café -- Part One : doctors writing fiction -- The write prescription for success -- Old medical masters -- Nineteenth century physician-writers -- Twentieth century physician-writers -- Twenty-first century physician-writers -- Part Two : fiction about doctors -- Incompetent and ambitious fictional physicians -- Heroic fictional physicians -- Fiction and infection -- Fiction and paranoia -- Fictional psychiatrists -- References and bibliography -- Glossary of medial terms -- Permissions -- Index.

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    History of Medicine
    CU /WILL
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ISBN

  • 9781908308269
  • 1908308265