The Doctor Stories


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Not only for students and doctors, this volume contains Williams's thirteen doctor stories, several of his most famous poems on medical matters, and The Practice from The Autobiography.




The Doctor in Literature


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Multiple-choice questions are an ideal way to improve understanding and revise for examinations. This book consists of 200 MCQs in psychiatry suitable for candidates for postgraduate examinations such as the MRCPsych. However medical students general practitioners psychiatric nurses clinical psychologists psychiatric social workers and psychiatric occupational therapists will also find it useful as a valuable revision guide. The questions have been carefully selected to reflect the educational needs of psychiatrists in training. Most questions are accompanied by a short answer to provide an ideal self-teaching book for all those wanting to revise for examinations and improve their understanding of this important area.




The Doctor in Literature: Private life


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This is a structured, annotated and indexed anthology dealing with the personality and the behaviour of doctors, and doctor-patient relationships - ideal for medical humanities courses.




Medicine and Literature


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Following the success of the first volume, volume 2 describes more classic novels, short stories, plays and poems in a detailed and user friendly style. It is a refreshing book that will give doctors a new perspective on the doctor-patient relationship.




The Doctor in Literature, Volume 2


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Focusing on the personal lives of doctors, this annotated indexed anthology explores personality, behavior and doctor-patient relationships as portrayed in novels, short stories and plays. The Doctor in Literature, Volume 2 and its companion volume are unique among medical anthologies in that readers can look up medical topics as they appear in fiction. The choice of passages is based on clinical relevance, and the range of fully indexed subjects and quotations are generally not found in other texts. This work brings together an extraordinary array of passages from literature to provide a major reference source. It identifies and analyses recurring themes in the portrayal of medical doctors, and is sure to provide pleasure for readers who use it for browsing. Key reviews from The Doctor in Literature: satisfaction or resentment?







The Doctor


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So begins The Doctor, a provocative, illuminating novel based on a true story about a brilliant female physician who is compelled to live as a man under the name James Miranda Barry. Patricia Duncker traces Barry's incredible life over the course of five decades and across three continents, from his cross-dressing child genius days to medical school in Edinburgh, Scotland; from his glorious career as a military surgeon to his adventures as a celebrated duelist and social figure known throughout the world. This richly inventive and entertaining tale of dark family secrets, adultery, and colonial history is a transforming contemplation on the substance of gender, the power of will, and an unforgettable portrait of a brilliant mind.







The Doctor Stories


Book Description

Not only for students and doctors, this volume contains Williams's thirteen doctor stories, several of his most famous poems on medical matters, and The Practice from The Autobiography.