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Talking Sense About Medicine by Richard Asher (Paperback, 2015)

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The history of literature is studded with doctors who wrote well. Chekhov could write a fine scene and wield a stethoscope well. Freud was praised for his style even by those who thought that psychoanalysis was tosh. However, Richard Asher should be more famous than he is. He's made a number of important contributions to psychiatry and wrote amusingly about t just doctors' dilemmas but doctors' deceptions - and self-deceptions. Asher made a name for himself by his articles in The Lancet which cast an affectionate but sceptical eye on doctors. Many of the subjects he raised - the tendency of doctors to prescribe too many drugs too easily and the dangers of excessive bed rest, especially in hospital - are still relevant 40 years after he wrote them. So are the Seven Sins of Medicine as well as his advice to young doctors on how to get on. He was regarded as one of the foremost thinkers of his time and hailed as a pioneer. This is an anthology of his articles still described as 'the best advice on medical writing'.

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Publisher
Psychology News Press Ltd
ISBN-10
0907633404
ISBN-13
9780907633402
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216746139

Product Key Features

Author
Richard Asher
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Family & Health: General

Additional Product Features

Place of Publication
London
Content Note
4 Black and White Cartoons
Author Biography
Richard Alan John Asher, FRCP was an eminent British endocrinologist and haematologist. As the senior physician responsible for the mental observation ward at the Central Middlesex Hospital he described and named Munchausen syndrome in a 1951 article in The Lancet. He has three children, Peter Asher (Peter & Gordon pop duo and record producer) Jane Asher (film and TV actress and novelist) and Clare Asher (radio actress).
Date of Publication
26/11/2015
Country of Publication
United Kingdom

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