Fiction & physicians : medicine through the eyes of writers / Stephen McWilliams.
- McWilliams, Stephen, 1974-
- Date:
- [2012]
- Books
About this work
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
Contributors
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-218) and index.
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineCU /WILLOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781908308269
- 1908308265