The doctor in literature: satisfaction or resentment?
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| adam_text | The Doctor in
Literature
satisfaction or resentment?
Solomon Posen
Foreword by
Edward J Huth
Radcliffe Publishing
Oxford • Seattle
Contents
Foreword viii
About the author x
Acknowledgements xi
Reprint permissions for copyrighted material xii
Introduction 1
The aims of this work 1
Inclusion and exclusion criteria 3
Place and time 7
Sources 9
Satisfaction or resentment? 10
References 14
1 The physician s fee 23
Historical 23
Humorous and not so humorous 24
The fee-for-service system 26
Doctors feel guilty 29
The fee as a positive aspect 33
Poverty among doctors 35
Atypical physicians Indifference to money 38
The doctor who has no money cannot be any good 42
Why the resentment and the guilt? 44
Summary 46
References 46
2 Time 53
The busy doctor: genuine or sham? 53
The office visit 53
The hospital 55
Childbirth 58
The doctor s recreational activities 59
The doctor s assistant 60
Time constraints as perceived by the doctor 63
Summary 68
References 68
IV Contents
The bedside manner 71
Helpful or harmful? 71
Dress; voice; facial expressions; gestures 72
Inappropriate phrases; stale jokes 74
The brutal style 78
Insensitive behavior; purposeless remarks; fun at the patient s
expense 81
Favorable accounts of the bedside manner 84
The dying patient 89
The perfect bedside manner 92
Summary 93
References 93
The history and physical examination; investigations; the
diagnosis 99
Satisfactory medical histories 99
Resentment of the doctor s questions 101
The physical examination 103
Hand-washing 110
Tests 110
Diagnosis 111
Diagnostic success stories 113
Summary 116
References 116
Explanations; the medium and the message; the truth 121
The nature of the problem 121
Unsuitable terminology; medical jargon 122
Oversimplification 124
Bad news 126
Doctors as incorrigible liars; false optimism 129
Harmful truths 131
Withholding information 134
Deception 137
Summary 138
References 139
Treatment: successes and failures 143
The doctor as healer 143
The rough and ready cure ; repetitive tasks 145
The prescription: pharmaceutical representatives 146
Detailed lifestyle changes 147
Therapeutic triumphs 149
Treatment failures: incurable conditions 152
Treatment failures: non-compliance 152
Treatment failures: lack of attention to the patient s complaints and
suggestions 154
Treatment failures: medical incompetence 157
Contents V
Treatment failures: the wrong choice 157
The doctor with the one-track mind 158
Detached amusement or intense anger? 160
What causes the medical one-track-mind syndrome? 167
Summary 168
References 168
7 The correct degree of detachment 173
Too detached 173
Too involved 175
Contrasts between two extremes 177
Just right 184
Summary 185
References 185
8 It s all a cruel hoax 189
Irrational hatred of the entire system 189
Bad experiences 190
Dislike of specific medical traits 191
Cruelty 192
Arrogance 193
Ignorance 194
Three anti-medical novels 196
Summary 202
References 202
9 The ward round 205
The purpose of rounds; favorable portrayals 205
Bad teaching 207
A recipe for the humiliation of patients 207
Summary 210
References 211
10 The physician s social status 213
Rich and powerful patients 213
The doctor as lackey 215
The lackeys strike back 219
The doctor as despot; doctor s orders 221
The patients revolt; ethnic minorities 223
The twenty-first century code of behavior: rules and exceptions 225
Lunatics , inebriates, minors 226
Criminals and semi-criminals; the class struggle in the doctor s
office; physical violence 229
Summary 233
References 234
11 The physician in court 239
The doctor as expert witness 239
Litigation against doctors 240
VI Contents
Victims of a hostile system 242
Doctors who deserve to be sued 246
Summary 248
References 248
Conclusions 251
Bibliography 253
Name index 277
Subject index 287
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The Doctor in
Literature
satisfaction or resentment?
Solomon Posen
Foreword by
Edward J Huth
Radcliffe Publishing
Oxford • Seattle
Contents
Foreword viii
About the author x
Acknowledgements xi
Reprint permissions for copyrighted material xii
Introduction 1
The aims of this work 1
Inclusion and exclusion criteria 3
Place and time 7
Sources 9
Satisfaction or resentment? 10
References 14
1 The physician's fee 23
Historical 23
Humorous and not so humorous 24
The fee-for-service system 26
Doctors feel guilty 29
The fee as a positive aspect 33
Poverty among doctors 35
Atypical physicians Indifference to money 38
'The doctor who has no money cannot be any good' 42
Why the resentment and the guilt? 44
Summary 46
References 46
2 Time 53
The busy doctor: genuine or sham? 53
The office visit 53
The hospital 55
Childbirth 58
The doctor's recreational activities 59
The doctor's assistant 60
Time constraints as perceived by the doctor 63
Summary 68
References 68
IV Contents
The bedside manner 71
Helpful or harmful? 71
Dress; voice; facial expressions; gestures 72
Inappropriate phrases; stale jokes 74
The brutal style 78
Insensitive behavior; purposeless remarks; fun at the patient's
expense 81
Favorable accounts of the bedside manner 84
The dying patient 89
The perfect bedside manner 92
Summary 93
References 93
The history and physical examination; investigations; the
diagnosis 99
Satisfactory medical histories 99
Resentment of the doctor's questions 101
The physical examination 103
Hand-washing 110
Tests 110
Diagnosis 111
Diagnostic success stories 113
Summary 116
References 116
Explanations; the medium and the message; the truth 121
The nature of the problem 121
Unsuitable terminology; medical jargon 122
Oversimplification 124
Bad news 126
Doctors as incorrigible liars; false optimism 129
Harmful truths 131
Withholding information 134
Deception 137
Summary 138
References 139
Treatment: successes and failures 143
The doctor as healer 143
The 'rough and ready cure'; repetitive tasks 145
The prescription: pharmaceutical representatives 146
Detailed lifestyle changes 147
Therapeutic triumphs 149
Treatment failures: incurable conditions 152
Treatment failures: non-compliance 152
Treatment failures: lack of attention to the patient's complaints and
suggestions 154
Treatment failures: medical incompetence 157
Contents V
Treatment failures: the wrong choice 157
The doctor with the one-track mind 158
Detached amusement or intense anger? 160
What causes the medical 'one-track-mind' syndrome? 167
Summary 168
References 168
7 The'correct'degree of detachment 173
Too detached 173
Too involved 175
Contrasts between two extremes 177
Just right 184
Summary 185
References 185
8 'It's all a cruel hoax' 189
Irrational hatred of the entire system 189
Bad experiences 190
Dislike of specific medical traits 191
Cruelty 192
Arrogance 193
Ignorance 194
Three anti-medical novels 196
Summary 202
References 202
9 The ward round 205
The purpose of rounds; favorable portrayals 205
Bad teaching 207
A recipe for the humiliation of patients 207
Summary 210
References 211
10 The physician's social status 213
Rich and powerful patients 213
The doctor as lackey 215
The lackeys strike back 219
The doctor as despot; 'doctor's orders' 221
The patients revolt; ethnic minorities 223
The twenty-first century code of behavior: rules and exceptions 225
'Lunatics', inebriates, minors 226
Criminals and semi-criminals; the 'class struggle' in the doctor's
office; physical violence 229
Summary 233
References 234
11 The physician in court 239
The doctor as expert witness 239
Litigation against doctors 240
VI Contents
Victims of a hostile system 242
Doctors who deserve to be sued 246
Summary 248
References 248
Conclusions 251
Bibliography 253
Name index 277
Subject index 287 |
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