The Laying on of Hands

by Ramsey T. Thorp

Overview

The Laying on of Hands is an in-depth examination of the intricate relationship in medicine that entwines patients, physicians, hospitals, insurance, and pharmaceutical companies. This book affirms the value of these relationships, discusses their characteristics, and how they are established and threatened.

One only has to read the first few pages to appreciate that Dr. Ramsey Thorp is passionate about being a physician. Following in both his grandfather's and father's footsteps, Thorp became a doctor in 1970 and made a decision, as he writes, to always "connect mentally with the patient far beyond the scope of the examination" and to see patients exclusively in a "one-on-one setting."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761832492
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/27/2005
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.29(d)

About the Author

T. Ramsey Thorp, M.D., is Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements	v
	Relationship	1
	Mrs. Lafferty	5
	Pediatrician	11
	Medical School	15
	A New Practice	17
	Dialogue	23
	Practical Lessons	27
	Macular Degeneration	33
	Trust	37
	Trustworthy	43
	Regulating Trust	47
	Intuition	53
	Intimacy	61
	Economics of Health Care	69
	Epilogue	85
	Notes	87
	Bibliography	89