Poetry in medicine : an anthology of poems about doctors, patients, illness, and healing / edited, with an introduction by Michael Salcman ; foreword by Michael Collier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salcman, Michael, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Poetry.

Medicine.

Healing.

Physicians.

Patients.

Sick.

Sick--Poetry.

Patients--Poetry.

Physicians--Poetry.

Healing--Poetry.

Death--Poetry.

Death.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 371 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Persea Books, [2015]

Summary:

"Poetry in Medicine is anthology of poems written from antiquity through today about the medical experience. The book is divided into fourteen thematic sections, which present various facets of the world of medicine, doctors, and treatment. The sections include: anatomy & physiology; Contagions, Infections & Fevers; Blindness, Pain & Other Ailments; Pills, Powders & Other Remedies; Tumors, Trauma, & Tumult; From the Children's Ward; Looking Inside: Procedures, Diagnostic & Surgical; Doctors and Other Healers; Patients; The Wounded Mind: Depression & Dementia; The Final Journey: Death & Dying; The View from the Other Side of the Bed: Loved Ones of the Sick; Places of Healing; and Convalescence. It also includes a preface and introduction from anthologist, Dr. Michael Salcman, a neurosurgeon, and a foreword by poet and educator Michael Collier" -- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"A Karen & Michael Braziller book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780892554492

0892554495

OCLC:

881207922