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Dear doctor : what doctors don't ask, what patients need to say / Marilyn McEntyre.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McEntyre, Marilyn Chandler, 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Patient education.
- Physician and patient.
- Communication in medicine.
- Medicine--Decision making.
- Medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Broadleaf Books, [2021]
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In the form of an open letter from patients to their doctors, spiritual writer and professor of medical humanities Marilyn McEntyre brings to light the hidden fears, desperate needs, deepest hopes, and heartfelt truths that many feel doctors overlook in their approach to health care. It's a clarion call for doctors to attend to the whole person and listen deeply, rather than rush to assess a set of symptoms. And it's a letter that informs doctors of the many things that patients already know about themselves and their health.Engaging and candid, Dear Doctor covers the basics of how patients view their time with doctors, how they want doctors to collaborate on health issues, and even how patients bring their faith and spirituality to their view of their health and their bodies. Ultimately, this book is an important first step to begin a dialogue between two communities that often have a very large disconnect.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Dear Doctor
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- An Awkward Arrangement
- In It Together
- On Being a Special Case
- Words Matter
- A Quieter Way
- Noun or Verb
- Eating to Live
- Higher Power
- Fear Happens
- Ripeness Is All
- Entertaining Alternatives
- Money Matters
- Music Matters
- Life Imitates Art
- I Am Made from This Earth
- Questions I'd Like My Doctor to Ask
- A Brief Guide to Resources
- Notes
- Back Cover
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781506460482
- 1506460488
- Publisher Number:
- 99987367343
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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