Stethoscope
Stethoscope

Author: Anna Harris

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Published: 2022-11-28

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1789146348

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A surprising investigation of a scientific instrument long at the pulse of medicine. This book explores the colorful past, present, and future of an instrument that is, quite literally, close to our hearts. The stethoscope has become the symbol of medicine itself—how did this come to be? What makes the stethoscope such a familiar yet charismatic object? Drawing from a range of fields including history, anthropology, science, technology, and sound studies, the book illustrates the variety of roles the stethoscope has played over time. It shows that the stethoscope is not, and has never been, a single entity. It is used to a variety of ends, serves several purposes, and is open to many interpretations. This variability is the key to the stethoscope’s enduring presence in the medical and popular imagination.

Beyond the Stethoscope
Beyond the Stethoscope

Author: LUCY. MAYES

Publisher:

Published: 2017-11

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780648182726

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A profound insight into the state of our health care system, the wellbeing of patients and that of their doctors.Our health care system is struggling. We live in an era of factory style medicine; spiralling costs; complex and chronic conditions; and doctors at the heart of it under pressure as never before. Witnessing worrying burnout in her doctor husband, Lucy Mayes went on a quest to find out what is really going on behind the scenes in medicine. Lucy asked doctors on the front lines how they make meaning in their work, what quality medicine looks like to them, and what their hopes are for the future of medicine. What emerged were consistent messages about elements of practice that the culture and systems of medicine still struggle to understand and support: the power of humanism; compassion; time; listening; the therapeutic relationship; and mind-body plus other whole-person understandings of health and healing. Beyond the Stethoscope will leave readers shocked, moved and inspired by the human story and wisdom of those who sit before them in that most intimate and ancient of humanist exchanges: that of the doctor and patient.

Medical Education and Sociology of Medical Habitus: “It’s not about the Stethoscope!”
Medical Education and Sociology of Medical Habitus: “It’s not about the Stethoscope!”

Author: H. Luke

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-05-08

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 030648093X

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This is a new and outstanding contribution to understanding the working life of junior doctors. It opens out the field of research in sociology and inserts junior medical doctor culture right into medical sociology and professional medical education by its innovative use of Pierre Bourdieu's sociological framework and the concept of habitus. This volume challenges many of the myths of the medical cultural experiences and socializing forces that are an integral part of early medical training.

From Stethoscope to Gavel
From Stethoscope to Gavel

Author: Harry Rein

Publisher:

Published: 2015-10-20

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9780692521076

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Dr. Harry Rein has lived an extraordinary life. He has been a refugee, soldier, husband, father, doctor, lawyer, and judge, and to the best of his knowledge, the only doctor-lawyer-judge in the United States. His path begins when he boards the last train out of Austria after Hitler's annexation, followed by remaining one step ahead of destruction for the next year. Then comes a denial of entry into the United States due to quotas and poverty, followed by eventual admission three years later. "Angels" then enter his life and those of his family, allowing them to become meaningful citizens in the United States. These episodes from his inspiring journey discuss the ambition, attitude, kindnesses, rewards, and punishment he experiences with the many people he encounters along the way who lift him to higher levels of practice within each of his three professions. From Stethoscope to Gavel is the true story of an ordinary man from a humble background whose optimism and generosity in the face of crushing hardships will challenge, encourage, and motivate generations to come.

The Other End of the Stethoscope
The Other End of the Stethoscope

Author: Larry Puls

Publisher:

Published: 2009-09-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780557085330

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True life tales of individual battles with different gynecologic malignancies as well as tales from resident education.