{"product_id":"language-of-medicine-paperback","title":"Language of Medicine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbraham Fuks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLanguage exercises a powerful impact on medical care as the words that physicians use with patients have the power to heal or harm. The practice of medicine is shaped by the potent metaphors that are prevalent in clinical care, especially military metaphors and the words of war that bring with\u003cbr\u003ethem unfortunate consequences for patients and physicians alike. Physicians who fight disease turn the patient into a passive battlefield. Patients are encouraged to remain stoic, blamed for failing chemotherapy and sadly remembered in heroic obituaries of lost battles. The search for disease as\u003cbr\u003eenemy shifts the doctor's gaze to the computer and imaging technologies that render the patient transparent, unseen and unheard. Modern treatments save lives but patients can be the victims of collateral damage and friendly fire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn The Language of Medicine, Abraham Fuks, physician, medical educator, and former Dean of Medicine at McGill University, shows us how words are potent drugs that must be tailored to the individual patient and applied in carefully chosen and measured doses to offer benefits and avoid toxicity. The\u003cbr\u003ebook shines a light on our culture that deprecates the skill of listening that is, paradoxically, the attribute that patients most desire of their doctors. Societal metronomes beat rapidly and compress clinic visits into stroboscopic encounters that leave patients puzzled, fearful and uncertain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuilding on research about physicians in practice, the experiences of patients, stories of medical students as well as the history of medicine, Dr. Fuks promotes an ideal of clinical practice that is achieved by humble physicians who provide time and space for listening, select words with care, and\u003cbr\u003echoose metaphors that engender healing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbraham Fuks, MD\u003cbr\u003eProfessor of Medicine\u003cbr\u003eMcGill University, Montreal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.4 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784045363488,"sku":"9780190944834","price":76.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f2c00398efb27a9ccfcc4cc9e8bc86ec.webp?v=1780598983","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/language-of-medicine-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}