Poetry in medicine : an anthology of poems about doctors, patients, illness, and healing /
"Poetry in Medicine is anthology of poems written from antiquity through today about the medical experience. The book is divided into fourteen thematic sections, which present various facets of the world of medicine, doctors, and treatment. The sections include: anatomy & physiology; Contag...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Persea Books,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "Poetry in Medicine is anthology of poems written from antiquity through today about the medical experience. The book is divided into fourteen thematic sections, which present various facets of the world of medicine, doctors, and treatment. The sections include: anatomy & physiology; Contagions, Infections & Fevers; Blindness, Pain & Other Ailments; Pills, Powders & Other Remedies; Tumors, Trauma, & Tumult; From the Children's Ward; Looking Inside: Procedures, Diagnostic & Surgical; Doctors and Other Healers; Patients; The Wounded Mind: Depression & Dementia; The Final Journey: Death & Dying; The View from the Other Side of the Bed: Loved Ones of the Sick; Places of Healing; and Convalescence. It also includes a preface and introduction from anthologist, Dr. Michael Salcman, a neurosurgeon, and a foreword by poet and educator Michael Collier" -- |
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| Item Description: | "A Karen & Michael Braziller book." |
| Physical Description: | xxvii, 371 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780892554492 0892554495 |