Lessons in Mortality: Doctors and Patients Struggling Together

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Allen Weisse has observed the changing medical scene during half a century of treating patients and training future physicians, and, in Lesson in Mortality, he writes frankly about how doctors and patients have come to deal with illness in the twenty-first century. Drawing from a storehouse of experiences shared by colleagues, patients, and friends, Weisse writes with passion and conviction to encourage a renewal of the openness and trust that seems to be lacking in today's doctor-patient relationships. These ...
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Allen Weisse has observed the changing medical scene during half a century of treating patients and training future physicians, and, in Lesson in Mortality, he writes frankly about how doctors and patients have come to deal with illness in the twenty-first century. Drawing from a storehouse of experiences shared by colleagues, patients, and friends, Weisse writes with passion and conviction to encourage a renewal of the openness and trust that seems to be lacking in today's doctor-patient relationships. These stories, both uplifting and disturbing, are intended to make doctors and patients alike come to a fuller realization that we are all together in this delicate but crucial business of staying alive.
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The issues and conflicts that arise in medicine today are often poignantly illustrated in this engrossing anecdotal collection from Weisse's years as a physician. He begins by sharing a journal he kept during his own battle with testicular cancer at the age of 25. This close call with death led Weisse (Heart to Heart: The Twentieth Century Battle Against Coronary Disease) to an understanding of both seriously ill people and the doctors who try to diagnose and treat their conditions. Offering brief episodes from the lives of colleagues, patients and friends, Weisse illuminates the ongoing dynamic between physician and patient. "The Case of the Baffling Boy" tells of a five-year-old whose psychologically damaged mother deliberately tries to make her son appear to have kidney disease by tampering with his urine samples. "Victims All" is an account of a lawsuit brought by a woman dying of breast cancer against the physicians who, she alleges, did not diagnose her condition early enough; Weisse presents both sides of this heartrending piece in a nonjudgmental, empathetic manner. Readers of medical histories will enjoy these compelling personal narratives. (Aug.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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The relationship between physician and patient isn't what it used to be. Such is the premise of Weisse's (medicine, emeritus, New Jersey Medical Sch.; Heart to Heart: The Twentieth Century Battle Against Cardiac Disease, An Oral History) new book. Weisse illuminates the changes that have occurred over the last 50 years in the level of trust and openness shared by physicians and their patients. Through a series of vignettes, he hopes to inspire a renewed understanding, respect, and, consequently, an improved relationship between the two. Some stories tell of physicians whose patients surprised, exasperated, or uplifted them. Others highlight the personal attributes of physicians or patients who saw others through their struggles with illness. While the stories are touching, there is no satisfying sense upon finishing the book that one has gathered what the author hoped to impart. A summary or final notes chapter might have been helpful. However, the book, which draws on Weisse's own experience being diagnosed with testicular cancer as a young man, is nicely crafted and stimulating. Recommended for public and consumer health libraries.-Beth Hill, Univ. of Idaho Lib., Moscow Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780826216663
  • Publisher: University of Missouri Press
  • Publication date: 8/28/2006
  • Pages: 192
  • Product dimensions: 5.25 (w) x 8.00 (h) x 0.70 (d)

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Dr. Allen B. Weisse joined the faculty of the Seton Hall College of Medicine (now the New Jersey Medical School) in 1963. He remained there until recently retiring as Professor of Medicine. Although he no longer sees patients, he continues his work in medical history and related subjects. He is the author of several books, including Heart to Heart: The Twentieth Century Battle against Cardiac Disease, An Oral History. He lives in Springfield, New Jersey.

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 1
2 Lance Armstrong and me 6
3 The crock 36
4 Devotion 43
5 The iron man 46
6 Waste 55
7 Marking time at Hillcrest home 58
8 The case of the baffling boy : chapter one 64
9 Eddy 72
10 Smart ass 77
11 Victims all 81
12 The end of the road 101
13 Modern medicine 111
14 The survivor 115
15 A man what am 122
16 Other faces of AIDS 128
17 On dying with dignity - and a diagnosis 140
18 The gift 151
19 Time (overdue) for a change 159
20 Stroke 166
21 A letter 178
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