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Author: R. S. Downie
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"There is a case for saying that health care itself is an art with a scientific basis" says editor Downie (moral philosophy, Univ. of Glasgow) in the preface to this anthology, which brings together literary selections that connect healthcare and the arts. In making his choices, Downie provides literary styles from different historical periods and has tried to make these selections self-contained. Such an undertaking is a Sisyphean editorial task certain to affront its readership for either its inclusions or its omissions. In the case of a healing arts anthology, the intended readership itself is problematical, for it includes everyone from patients to doctors, subjects from birth to death, and authors from the Bible to the present day in attempting a "whole person understanding which some critics find missing in medical education and medical practice." This miscellany is a source for those without fuller resources and may serve as an index to richer collections.
James Swanton, Albert Einstein Coll. of Medicine, New YorkCopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This anthology is intended to expose doctors, nurses, and others who care for patients to prose and poetry that will enlarge their awareness and deepen their understanding of the complex healing process. It suits the purpose. Editor Downie's choices range over many centuries and lands, examining, or neatly touching, various stages of individual human life and major life events, various physical and mental illnesses, and various types of doctors. Downie's selections bring, besides the inevitable doctors and patients, nurses, hospitals, chaplains, and visitors into the picture and, in the book's final sections, look at research, ethics, and purposes. They range from the moving poem by John Silkin, "Death of a Son," through a series of letters by musical composers tormented by health problems, to such delightful pieces as Saki's story "The Lumber Room" (an excellent depiction of an intelligent youngster) and Doyle's "The Doctors of Hoyland," a tale of English rural practice. Although aimed primarily at health care givers, the anthology will bring enjoyment to and provoke thought in anyone interested in both medicine and literature.
William Beatty See all Editorial Reviews
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- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 16, 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0192623192
- ISBN-13: 978-0192623195
- Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches
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