When doctors become patients / Robert Klitzman.

Author/creator Klitzman, Robert
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Descriptionx, 333 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Physicians--Miscellanea.
Physician and patient--Miscellanea.
Physicians--Anecdotes.
Physicians--psychology. --Personal Narratives.
Attitude of Health Personnel--Personal Narratives.
Attitude to Health--Personal Narratives.
Physician Impairment--psychology. --Personal Narratives.
Physician's Role--psychology. --Personal Narratives.
Physician-Patient Relations--Personal Narratives.

Contents "Magic white coats": forms of denial and other internal obstacles to becoming a patient -- "The medical self": self-doctoring and choosing doctors -- "Screw-ups": external obstacles faced in becoming patients -- "They treated me as if I were dead": peripheralization and discrimination -- "Coming out" as patients: disclosures of illness -- Double lens: contrasting views and uses of medical knowledge -- "Being 'strong'": workaholism, burnout, and coping -- "Once a doctor, always a doctor?": retirement -- "Touched by the light": spiritual beliefs and their obstacles -- Us vs. them: treating patients differently -- Improving education: can empathy be taught? -- Conclusions: the professional self.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-322) and index.
LCCN 2007005289
ISBN9780195327670 :
ISBN0195327675

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Laupus Books - Stacks W 21 K68W 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold
Laupus Books - Stacks W 21 K68W 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold