Author/Contributor(s): | Bamforth, Iain; Auden, W. H.; Bamm, Peter; Beckett, Samuel; Benn, Gottfried |
Publisher: | Verso |
Date: | 03/31/2015 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Condition: | NEW |
Engaging and provocative, philosophical and instructive, intermittently funny and sometimes appalling, this anthology sets out to stimulate and entertain. With an acerbic introduction and witty contextual preface to each account, it will educate both patients and doctors curious to know more about the historical dimensions of medical practice. Armed with a first-hand experience of liberal medicine and knowledge of several languages, Iain Bamforth has scoured the literatures of Europe to provide a well-rounded and cross-cultural sense of what it means to be a doctor entering the twenty-first century.