Medical Wisdom and Doctoring: The Art of 21st Century Practice
- ISBN-10
- 1441955216
- ISBN-13
- 9781441955210
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 366
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-02-05
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Author
- Robert Taylor
Description
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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