Fiction & physicians : medicine through the eyes of writers /
John Keats, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, François Rabelais, William Somerset Maugham . . . All were writers of fiction but, more surprisingly, all were also medical doctors. Anton Chekhov, A.J. Cronin, Oliver St John Gogarty, Michael Crichton . . . even Nostradamus The world has seen literally dozens of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dublin :
The Liffey Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | John Keats, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, François Rabelais, William Somerset Maugham . . . All were writers of fiction but, more surprisingly, all were also medical doctors. Anton Chekhov, A.J. Cronin, Oliver St John Gogarty, Michael Crichton . . . even Nostradamus The world has seen literally dozens of them ? famous writers who wielded a stethoscope as skilfully as they did a pen. So, what do literature and medicine have in common? Is there something about the singular experience of being a doctor that results in a compelling desire for communication, or indeed catharsis? |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781908308382 1908308389 |