The rhetoric of medicine : lessons on professionalism from ancient Greece / Nigel Nicholson, Nathan R. Selden.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Nicholson, Nigel James, author.
• Selden, Nathan R., author.

Series:

• Oxford medicine online.
• Oxford medicine online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• History, Ancient.
• Greece, Ancient.

Medical Subjects:

• Greece, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

'The Rhetoric of Medicine' explores problems that confront medical professionals today by first examining similar problems that confronted physicians in ancient Greece. This framework provides illuminating entry points into issues in the practice of medicine, enabling readers to understand more clearly their shape and operation in the modern context-as well as their possible solutions. Topics covered include larger cultural ideas about the body, the problems posed to physicians by working for money, how to compete with alternative healthcare providers, the restrictions on political involvement that come with identifying as a physician, how to maintain the autonomy and judgment central to the concept of professionalism, mentoring that is effective but not exclusive, and how physicians can recognize themselves as both professionals and patients.

Contents:

• One body
• Money
• Competition
• Restriction
• Autonomy
• Mentoring
• Self.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.
• Previously issued in print: 2019.

ISBN:

• 0-19-045750-3
• 0-19-045751-1
• 0-19-045749-X