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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?
Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue: The Ghosts of Bewley's Café; Part One: DOCTORS WRITING FICTION; Chapter One: The Write Prescription for Success; Chapter Two: Old Medical Masters; Chapter Three: Nineteenth Century Physician-Writers; Chapter Four: Twentieth Century Physician-Writers; Chapter Five: Twenty-First Century Physician-Writers; Part Two: FICTION ABOUT DOCTORS; Chapter Six: Incompetent and Ambitious Fictional Physicians; Chapter Seven: Heroic Fictional Physicians; Chapter Eight: Fiction and Infection; Chapter Nine: Fiction and Paranoia; Chapter Ten: Fictional PsychiatristsReferences and Bibliography; Glossary of Medical and Psychiatric Terms; Permissions; A, B, C; Index; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z; About the Author; Copyright;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fiction and Physicians : Medicine Through the Eyes of Writers