First Do No Harm: Empathy and the Writing of Medical Journal Articles - Studies in American Popular History and Culture

Knatterud, Mary Ellen

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First Do No Harm is an interdisciplinary study examining how various members of academic physicians have constructed certain images of patients on paper over time. The study pays special attention to the classical concept of pathos, or its modern equivalent, empathy.

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Book information

ISBN:	9781138969841
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	04 Dec 2018
DEWEY:	808.06661
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	144
Weight:	453g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	10mm