Literature and medicine: Physician-writers.

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Title: Literature and medicine: Physician-writers.
Authors: McLellan, M. Faith
Source: Lancet. 2/22/1997, Vol. 349 Issue 9051, p564. 4p. 3 Black and White Photographs.
Subjects: Physicians as authors
Abstract: Discusses the work of physicians who write prose. Three representative types of literary works by writers who also qualified as practitioners; The kinships between clinical work and writing; The work of Oliver Sacks, such as `Awakenings'; The work of S. Weir Mitchell, such as `Hugh Wynne'; The work of Anton Chekhov, such as `An Attack of Nerves.' INSET: Untitled (Introduction of Medical case history by Hippocrates).
Database: Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
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