- The author is both an expert in oncology and a gifted storyteller
- Written in an informal, enjoyable style
- A collection of vignettes from the author's decades of clinical experience
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- About this book
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‘MacLeod's Introduction to Medicine: A Doctor’s Memoir’ is a collection of stories that gives the reader an insight into the humorous side of a doctor's life. There is a rich source of humor in medicine, and this book aims to share some of this.
- About the authors
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Jonathan Waxman is a Professor of Oncology at Imperial College London. He is a clinician who has helped develop new treatments for cancer, which are now part of standard practice. He is the founder and life president of Prostate Cancer UK, the first UK national organisation promoting research and patient support for this condition. He helped establish an All Party Parliamentary Group to improve cancer treatment and rationalise cancer research throughout the UK, and has developed and led several media campaigns to rationalise cancer treatments and change government health policy. ‘MacLeod’s Introduction to Medicine’, is his third fiction book and follows ‘The Elephant in the Room’, and ‘The Fifth Gospel’.
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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The Grandest Surgeon
Pages 1-11
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An Introduction to Medicine
Pages 13-26
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The Pleasures of Undergraduate Research
Pages 27-42
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In Foreign Parts
Pages 43-56
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Life Classes
Pages 57-75
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- MacLeod's Introduction to Medicine
- Book Subtitle
- A Doctor’s Memoir
- Authors
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- Jonathan Waxman
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag London
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag London
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4471-4522-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4471-4522-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4471-4521-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 213
- Topics