The Human Side of Medicine: Learning What It's Like to Be a Patient and What It's Like to Be a Physician

by Laurence A. Savett

Book Overview

At a time of great change in the technology and delivery of medical care, the timelessness and permanence of the non-technical aspects of medicine--the human side--are of profound value to patients and physicians alike. With more than 30 years of medical practice, teaching, advising, and mentoring medical students and undergraduates, Savett champions two premises: first, that the importance of physicians mastering the human side of medicine is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865693196
• ISBN13: 9780865693197
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"