Literature and medicine: Physician-writers.
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| Title: | Literature and medicine: Physician-writers. |
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| 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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