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Medical Wisdom and Doctoring aims to fill a need in the current medical literature for a resource that presents some of the classic wisdom of medicine, presented in a manner that can help today's physicians achieve their full potential. This book details the lessons every physician should have learned in medical school but often didn't, as well as classic insights and examples from current clinical literature, medical history, and anecdotes from the author's long and distinguished career in medicine. Medical Wisdom and Doctoring: the Art of 21st Century Practice presents lessons a physician may otherwise need to learn from experience or error, and is sure to become a must-have for medical students, residents and young practitioners.
List of contents
Medical Wisdom in the Twenty-First Century.- Caring for the Patient.- Clinical Dialogue and Communication.- The Art of Clinical Diagnosis.- Disease Management and Prevention.- Caring for Dying Patients and Their Families.- Making a Living as a Clinician.- Staying Up To Date.- Mentoring Tomorrow's Physicians.- About Your Family and Community.- Caring for You, the Physician.- Ethics, Credibility, and Trust.- Planning for Tomorrow.- Wise Physicians, Twenty-First Century Challenges, and Doctoring.- Epilogue.
About the author
Dr. Robert B. Taylor is a luminary in the field of family medicine.
Summary
Medical Wisdom and Doctoring aims to fill a need in the current medical literature for a resource that presents some of the classic wisdom of medicine, presented in a manner that can help today's physicians achieve their full potential. This book details the lessons every physician should have learned in medical school but often didn't, as well as classic insights and examples from current clinical literature, medical history, and anecdotes from the author's long and distinguished career in medicine. Medical Wisdom and Doctoring: the Art of 21st Century Practice presents lessons a physician may otherwise need to learn from experience or error, and is sure to become a must-have for medical students, residents and young practitioners.
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“The book is as close to an autobiography as Dr Taylor may get, full of personal advice and clinical stories couched in terms that seek to instruct and teach what he has learned in a lifetime of reading, practicing medicine, and writing. The writing … is concise and includes the ideas and research and anecdotes that have guided him. … The book gives the reader insight into the last half century of practice and shares lessons learned from a respected leader in academic medicine.” (John Frey, Family Medicine, Vol. 44 (4), April, 2012)
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From the reviews:
"The book is as close to an autobiography as Dr Taylor may get, full of personal advice and clinical stories couched in terms that seek to instruct and teach what he has learned in a lifetime of reading, practicing medicine, and writing. The writing ... is concise and includes the ideas and research and anecdotes that have guided him. ... The book gives the reader insight into the last half century of practice and shares lessons learned from a respected leader in academic medicine." (John Frey, Family Medicine, Vol. 44 (4), April, 2012)
