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A Doctor's Dictionary: Writings on Culture and Medicine
Iain Bamforth
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Description for A Doctor's Dictionary: Writings on Culture and Medicine
Paperback. Essays on the relationship between art and medicine by a doctor and poet. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 384.
In this pithy abecedarium, doctor and poet Iain Bamforth takes a close look at the conflict of values embodied in what we call medicine - never entirely a science and no longer quite the art it used to be. Bamforth brings his wide experience of medicine around the world, from the high-tech American Hospital of Paris to the community health centres of Papua, together with his engaging interest in the stranger manifestations of medical matters in relation to art, literature and culture - such as the mysterious 'Stendhal's syndrome', which caused 106 tourists in Florence to ... Read more
In this pithy abecedarium, doctor and poet Iain Bamforth takes a close look at the conflict of values embodied in what we call medicine - never entirely a science and no longer quite the art it used to be. Bamforth brings his wide experience of medicine around the world, from the high-tech American Hospital of Paris to the community health centres of Papua, together with his engaging interest in the stranger manifestations of medical matters in relation to art, literature and culture - such as the mysterious 'Stendhal's syndrome', which caused 106 tourists in Florence to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784100568
SKU
V9781784100568
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Ref
99-27
About Iain Bamforth
Iain Bamforth grew up in Glasgow and graduated from its medical school. He has pursued a peripatetic career as a hospital doctor, general practitioner, translator, lecturer in comparative literature, and latterly public health consultant in several developing countries, principally in Asia. His four books of poetry were joined by a fifth, The Crossing Fee, in 2013. His prose ... Read more
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