First Do No Harm

Empathy and the Writing of Medical Journal Articles
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-415-93387-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 423 g

Reihe: Studies in American Popular History and Culture

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Knatterud, Mary Ellen

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Innere Medizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter I. Overview: A Rhetorical Shift, Over Time, in the Social Construction of Patients in the New England Journal of Medicine Tables 1-5Chapter II. New England Journal of Medicine, March 25, 1828: On a Last-Name Basis with Fleshed-Out PatientsChapter III. New England Journal of Medicine, March 25, 1858: Medical Priests Constructing Good and Bad PatientsChapter IV. New England Journal of Medicine, March 29, 1888: Reductionist Measurements and Refractory PatientsChapter V. New England Journal of Medicine, March 28, 1918: Nationalistic and Metaphoric Constructions of PatientsChapter VI. New England Journal of Medicine, March 25, 1948: Problem Patients to Perform on and Manage Chapter VII. Conclusion: Speculation about Causes and Consequences of Less Empathetic LanguageAppendix A: Classical Roots and Modern Meaning of EmpathyAppendix B: Suggestions for Avoiding Nonempathetic LanguageAppendix C: Brief Summaries of New England Journal of Medicine Chapters

Über Autor(innen)

Mary E. Knatterud, Ph.D. is a research associate and assistant professor in the Department of Surgery of the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis. Dr. Knatterud is a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), a member of the Conference of College Composition and Communication (CCCC) and of the Council of Science Editors (CSE). She has published articles about medical communication in the AMWA Journal, Dialysis & Transplantation, and Minnesota Physician among others.