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The Language of Medicine (Paperback)
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The Language of Medicine (Paperback)
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Language exercises a powerful impact on medical care as the words
that physicians use with patients have the power to heal or harm.
The practice of medicine is shaped by the potent metaphors that are
prevalent in clinical care, especially military metaphors and the
words of war that bring with them unfortunate consequences for
patients and physicians alike. Physicians who fight disease turn
the patient into a passive battlefield. Patients are encouraged to
remain stoic, blamed for "failing" chemotherapy and sadly
remembered in heroic obituaries of lost battles. The search for
disease as enemy shifts the doctor's gaze to the computer and
imaging technologies that render the patient transparent, unseen
and unheard. Modern treatments save lives but patients can be the
victims of collateral damage and friendly fire. In The Language of
Medicine, Abraham Fuks, physician, medical educator, and former
Dean of Medicine at McGill University, shows us how words are
potent drugs that must be tailored to the individual patient and
applied in carefully chosen and measured doses to offer benefits
and avoid toxicity. The book shines a light on our culture that
deprecates the skill of listening that is, paradoxically, the
attribute that patients most desire of their doctors. Societal
metronomes beat rapidly and compress clinic visits into
stroboscopic encounters that leave patients puzzled, fearful and
uncertain. Building on research about physicians in practice, the
experiences of patients, stories of medical students as well as the
history of medicine, Dr. Fuks promotes an ideal of clinical
practice that is achieved by humble physicians who provide time and
space for listening, select words with care, and choose metaphors
that engender healing.
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Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2021 |
Authors: |
Abraham Fuks
(Professor of Medicine)
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-094483-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
General issues >
General
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LSN: |
0-19-094483-8 |
Barcode: |
9780190944834 |
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