Symptoms of unknown origin a medical odyssey / Clifton K. Meador.

Author/creator Meador, Clifton K., 1931-
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNashville : Vanderbilt University Press,
Descriptionxv, 175 p. ; 23 cm.
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Subjects
Clinical medicine--Case studies.
Diagnostic errors.
Medical misconceptions.
Medicine--Philosophy.
Clinical Medicine--Anecdotes.
Diagnostic Errors--Anecdotes.
Philosophy, Medical--Anecdotes.
Physician-Patient Relations--Anecdotes.

Contents An unlikely lesson from a medical desert -- Texas heat -- Dr. Drayton Doherty and Miss Cootsie -- All some patients need is listening and talking -- Diagnoses without diseases -- The woman who believed she was a man -- Mind and body -- Sweet Thing -- New clinical interventions -- Florence's symptoms -- Symptoms without disease -- Looking back on Fairhope -- The diarrhea of Agnes -- Dr. Jim's breasts -- The woman who would not talk -- The woman who could not tell her husband anything -- Staying out of God's way -- A paradoxical approach -- You can't be everybody's doctor -- In tune with the patient.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2004028858
ISBN0826514731 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN082651474X (pbk. : alk. paper)