Literature And Medicine A Practical And Pedagogical Guide

   Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments

Preface: Goals of the Book, Audience and Background, How to Use this Book

Introduction to Literature and Medicine:

                   Part I: Literature Introduction: The Structure and Focus of the Chapters   

                   Part II: Medicine Introduction: The Complexity of Clinical Medicine

Part One: Texts and Topics for Students

I.          Narrative and Medicine

Chapter One: Narrative and Cognitive Science, Literature and Medicine. 

Ø  Vignette-discussion of an excerpt from My Own Country by Dr. Abraham

     Verghese,

Ø  Grace Paley, A Conversation with My Father

II.          The Logic of Making a Diagnosis

Chapter Two: The Narrative Structure of Diagnosis. 

Ø  Vignette, The Woman with Hyponatremia (excerpt from The

            Chief Concern),

Ø  Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle, The Resident Patient,

Ø  Associated poem, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 73: That Time of Year

III.             Professionalism

Chapter Three: Literature and Professionalism in Medicine. 

Ø  Vignette-discussion of an excerpt from Playing God by Dr. Michael

            LaCombe,

Ø  Dr. Richard Selzer, Imelda,

Ø  Associated poem, Dr, Audrey Shafer, Monday Morning

IV.             Building the Patient-Provider Relationship

Chapter Four: Rapport and Empathy in Medicine. 

Ø  Vignette, An Elderly African-American Patient (excerpt from The Chief

                        Concern),

Ø  Dr. Anton Chekhov, A Doctor's Visit,

Chapter Five: Listening to Patients. 

Ø  Vignette, Young Mother with Abdominal Pain (excerpt from The Chief Concern),

Ø  James Joyce, Araby,

Ø  Associated poem, Dr. William Carlos Williams, The Red Wheelbarrow

Chapter Six: The Patient.  

Ø  Vignette, excerpt from The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde,

Ø  Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper,

Ø  Associated poem, Dr. Raphael Campo, The Couple

Chapter Seven: The Doctor.   

Ø  Vignette, excerpt from Black Man in a White Coat by Dr. Damon Tweedy,

Ø  Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Lynching of Jube Benson,

Ø  Associated poem, Traditional Spiritual, Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child

V.          Everyday Ethics of Medical Practices

Chapter Eight: Everyday Ethics of Medical Practices. 

            The Chief Concern),

Ø  Associated poem, William Blake, A Poison Tree   

VI.       Vicarious Experiences

Chapter Nine: Culture.

Ø  Vignette, The Patient's Chief Concern (excerpt from The Chief Concern),

Ø  Demetria Martinez, The Annunciation: Lupe,

Ø  Associated poem, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Making Tortillas

         Chapter Ten: Sexual and Domestic Abuse. 

Ø  Vignette, You Don't Deserve This by Dr. Jerry Vannatta,

Ø  Edgar Allan Poe, Berenice,

Ø  Associated poem, W. B. Yeats, Leda and the Swan

         Chapter Eleven: Pain. 

Ø  Vignette, excerpt from Inside Chronic Pain: An Intimate and Critical Account by

Ø  Herman Melville, The Operation from White Jacket