TY - BOOK ID - 77893209 TI - The midnight meal and other essays about doctors, patients, and medicine PY - 1997 SN - 0585359784 9780585359786 0300068166 PB - New Haven : Yale University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Physician and patient. KW - Medicine KW - Physicians KW - Interpersonal relations. KW - Physician-Patient Relations KW - Interprofessional Relations KW - Philosophy, Medical KW - Physician and patient KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Essays KW - Publication Formats KW - Philosophy KW - Professional-Patient Relations KW - Interpersonal Relations KW - Humanities KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Publication Characteristics KW - Psychology, Social KW - Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms KW - Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation KW - Psychiatry and Psychology KW - Health Care KW - Medical Professional Practice KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Community-Based Distribution KW - Contraceptive Distribution KW - Delivery of Healthcare KW - Dental Care Delivery KW - Distribution, Non-Clinical KW - Distribution, Nonclinical KW - Distributional Activities KW - Healthcare KW - Healthcare Delivery KW - Healthcare Systems KW - Non-Clinical Distribution KW - Nonclinical Distribution KW - Delivery of Dental Care KW - Health Care Delivery KW - Health Care Systems KW - Activities, Distributional KW - Activity, Distributional KW - Care, Health KW - Community Based Distribution KW - Community-Based Distributions KW - Contraceptive Distributions KW - Deliveries, Healthcare KW - Delivery, Dental Care KW - Delivery, Health Care KW - Delivery, Healthcare KW - Distribution, Community-Based KW - Distribution, Contraceptive KW - Distribution, Non Clinical KW - Distributional Activity KW - Distributions, Community-Based KW - Distributions, Contraceptive KW - Distributions, Non-Clinical KW - Distributions, Nonclinical KW - Health Care System KW - Healthcare Deliveries KW - Healthcare System KW - Non Clinical Distribution KW - Non-Clinical Distributions KW - Nonclinical Distributions KW - System, Health Care KW - System, Healthcare KW - Systems, Health Care KW - Systems, Healthcare KW - Healthcare Quality, Access, and Evaluation KW - Behavior And Behavior Mechanism KW - Psychology, Perceptual KW - Social Psychology KW - Perceptual Psychology KW - Gender Issues KW - Husband-Wife Communication KW - Partner Communication KW - Social Relationships KW - Communication, Husband-Wife KW - Communication, Partner KW - Communications, Husband-Wife KW - Communications, Partner KW - Husband Wife Communication KW - Husband-Wife Communications KW - Interpersonal Relation KW - Partner Communications KW - Relation, Interpersonal KW - Relations, Interpersonal KW - Relationship, Social KW - Relationships, Social KW - Social Relationship KW - Social Behavior KW - Friends KW - Emotional Intelligence KW - Contacting Clients KW - Pharmacist-Patient Relations KW - Professional Patient Relationship KW - Client, Contacting KW - Clients, Contacting KW - Contacting Client KW - Pharmacist Patient Relations KW - Pharmacist-Patient Relation KW - Professional Patient Relations KW - Professional Patient Relationships KW - Professional-Patient Relation KW - Relation, Pharmacist-Patient KW - Relation, Professional-Patient KW - Relations, Pharmacist-Patient KW - Relations, Professional-Patient KW - Relationship, Professional Patient KW - Relationships, Professional Patient KW - Truth Disclosure KW - Teach-Back Communication KW - Pharmacy Philosophy KW - Philosophical Overview KW - Hedonism KW - Stoicism KW - Overview, Philosophical KW - Overviews, Philosophical KW - Pharmacy Philosophies KW - Philosophical Overviews KW - Philosophies KW - Philosophies, Pharmacy KW - Philosophy, Pharmacy KW - Etiquette, Medical KW - Medical Etiquette KW - Relations, Interprofessional KW - Interdisciplinary Communication KW - Medical Philosophy KW - Doctor Patient Relations KW - Physician Patient Relations KW - Physician Patient Relationship KW - Doctor-Patient Relations KW - Doctor Patient Relation KW - Doctor-Patient Relation KW - Physician Patient Relation KW - Physician Patient Relationships KW - Physician-Patient Relation KW - Relation, Doctor Patient KW - Relation, Doctor-Patient KW - Relation, Physician Patient KW - Relation, Physician-Patient KW - Relations, Doctor Patient KW - Relations, Doctor-Patient KW - Relations, Physician Patient KW - Relations, Physician-Patient KW - Relationship, Physician Patient KW - Relationships, Physician Patient KW - Human relations KW - Interpersonal relationships KW - Personal relations KW - Relationships, Interpersonal KW - Social behavior KW - Social psychology KW - Object relations (Psychoanalysis) KW - Allopathic doctors KW - Doctors KW - Doctors of medicine KW - MDs (Physicians) KW - Medical doctors KW - Medical profession KW - Medical personnel KW - Health Workforce KW - Doctor and patient KW - Doctor-patient relationships KW - Patient and doctor KW - Patient and physician KW - Patient-doctor relationships KW - Patient-physician relationships KW - Patients and doctors KW - Patients and physicians KW - Physician-patient relationships KW - Physicians and patients KW - Fear of doctors KW - Narrative medicine KW - Philosophy. KW - Attitudes. KW - Attitudes UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77893209 AB - With wisdom and compassion, Dr. Jerome Lowenstein tells stories about relationships between medical students and their teachers, physicians and their colleagues, and physicians and their patients. He reflects on what doctors learn from treating chronic illness; how they respond to patients' needs for reassurance; how they bear the burden of treating patients with life-threatening or degenerative disease; whether the distinction between traditional and "alternative" medical treatment is ultimately beneficial or destructive; and many other issues. Dr. Lowenstein's ruminations on humanistic approaches to learning and practicing medicine will be treasured by physicians, medical students, and patients alike. ER -