The art of medicine : healing and the limits of technology

The art of medicine : healing and the limits of technology / Dr. Herbert Ho Ping Kong with Michael Posner.

A fascinating and instructive journey into the heart of modern medical practice. In 'The Art of Medicine', Toronto Western Hospitals legendary internist Dr. Herbert Ho Ping Kong draws on his vast dossier of personal cases and five decades as a clinician, to examine the core principles of a...

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Main Authors: Ho Ping Kong, Herbert, 1939- (Author), Posner, Michael, 1947- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : ECW Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Physicians.
Medicine.
Patient-centered health care.
Physician and patient.
Patients > Interviews.
Patients.
physicians.
medicines (material)
patients.
medicine (discipline)
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
Medicine
Patient-centered health care
Patients
Physician and patient
Physicians
interviews.
Interviews
Interviews.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; The Art of Medicine; Dedication; FOREWORD by Catharine Whiteside; FOREWORD by Dr. Lisa Richardson; PREFACE by Michael Posner; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: The Art of Medicine; AN ADMINISTRATOR'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. Michael Baker; CHAPTER 2: Starting Out; A PSYCHIATRIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. David Goldbloom; CHAPTER 3: Lessons of the Montreal Years; AN EDUCATOR'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. Brian Hodges; AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. David McNeely; CHAPTER 4: The Art of Seeing; AN INTERNIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. Rodrigo Cavalcanti; AN ETHICIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. Peter Singer.
  • CHAPTER 5: The Art of ListeningAN INTERNIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. Daniel Panisko; A CARDIOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. Mansoor Husain; CHAPTER 6: The Art of Palpation; A RADIOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. Anthony Hanbidge; A RHEUMATOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. Lori Albert; CHAPTER 7: Entering the Grey Zone; A SCIENTIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. Moira Kapral; A RESPIROLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. Matthew Stanbrook; CHAPTER 8: Further Excursions in the Grey Zone; AN INTERNIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. Stephen Hwang; CHAPTER 9: Thinking Outside the Box; AN INTERNIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. Angela Cheung.
  • A CARDIOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. Matthew SibbaldCHAPTER 10: Of Fevers, Epidemics and Epidemiology; AN INTERNIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  • Dr. David Frost; CHAPTER 11: Confronting Rare Diseases; CHAPTER 12: Epilogue; About the Author; Copyright.

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