With Words and Knives

Lynda Payne

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2007

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The practice of medicine in the days before the development of anaesthetics could often be a brutal and painful experience. This book explores the idea of medical dispassion and shows how practitioners developed the intellectual, verbal and manual skill of being able to replace passion with equanimity and distance.

ISBN-13
9780754636892
ISBN-10
0754636895
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year
2007
Publication date
2007-10-28
Pages
194
Dimensions
160x241x20
Weight
442