True Medical Detective Stories

True Medical Detective Stories
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Modern technology has given rise to electronic medical records, remote monitoring systems, and satellite-enabled real-time examinations in which patient and physician might be separated by thousands of miles. Yet, when it comes to diagnosing difficult cases, the clinicianâ€™s strongest asset might just be one of the oldest tools of the medical professionâ€”careful listening. True Medical Detective Stories is a fascinating compendium of nineteen true-life medical cases, each solved by clinical deduction and facilitated by careful listening. These accounts present puzzling low-tech casesâ€”most of them serious, some humorousâ€”that were solved either at the bedside or by epidemiological studies. Dr. Clifton Meadorâ€™s book is a wonderful contribution to the genre of medical detective stories mastered by the legendary Berton RouechÃ©. As a staff writer at The New Yorker from 1944 until his death fifty years later, RouechÃ© popularized this form, which has provided source material for feature films and most recently supplied scenarios featured in medical television dramas, such as House. While Hollywood frequently oversimplifies and elides the real clinical situations, True Medical Detective Stories sets the record straight with a voice of authority and an engaging style rooted in the fact that most of the cases presented involve Dr. Meadorâ€™s actual patients. Dr. Meador discovered Berton RouechÃ©â€™s writing as a teenager, when he first read Eleven Blue Men. In an astonishing twist of fate, RouechÃ©, in later years, traveled to Nashville to meet with Dr. Meador and discuss one of his cases, with RouechÃ©â€™s account published posthumously under the title, The Man Who Grew Two Breasts. In a fitting tribute to RouechÃ©, this perplexing case is revisited by Dr. Meador in the opening chapter of this highly enjoyable book. True Medical Detective Stories is a captivating read that will keep you marveling over the idiosyncrasies of the human body and the ingenuity of the human mind.
Country USA
Brand CREATESPACE
Manufacturer CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber RKC2007615742
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781475037289
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	CREATESPACE
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	RKC2007615742
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781475037289
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

True Medical Detective Stories

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