Advice to the Young Physician On the Art of Medicine /

• Main Author: Colgan, Richard. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Edition: First.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Family medicine.; Medical Education.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1034-9

Advice to the Young Physician introduces the origins of important teachings that form the basis of medicine as it has been taught by some of history's greatest educators in medicine. Advice to the Young Physician reveals how to make the transition from technician to healer. This book reinforces...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Ancient Times. 2.1 Hammurabi. 2.2 Hippocrates. 2.3 Early Greeks
• 3. Medieval Medicine. 3.1 Rhaze. 3.2 Avicenna. 3.3 Maimonides
• 4. The Twentieth Century. 4.1 Sir William Osler. 4.2 Francis Weld Peabody. 4.3 Albert Schweitzer
• 5. Modern Masters. 5.1 Theodore Woodward. 5.2 Paul Farmer. 5.3 Edmund Pellegrino
• 6. Survival Tips for the Young Physician. 6.1 The Art of Presentation. 6.2 Practice Makes for Better Practice. 6.3 Good Communication
• 7. Civility
• 8. Lessons Learned from Private Practice. 8.1 Choosing Good Practice. 8.2 Searching for the True Poetry of Life. 8.3 A Doctors Journal. 8.4 Physician, Heal Thyself
• 9. The Healer
• Index. Photo Credits.