White coat tales medicine's heroes, heritage and misadventures
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer
2008.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991000352339708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Heroes, diseases and remedies. Heroes in medical history
- Diseases that changed history
- Drugs and other remedies
- pt. 2. The heritage and culture of medicine. Medical words and phrases
- Whose syndrome? Stories of medical eponyms
- Medical abbreviations, acronyms, euphemisms, jargon, and slang
- Medical aphorisms
- Memorable medical quotations
- pt. 3. Clinical notes and medical misadventures. Famous persons as patients
- Misadventures: myths, misinformation, blunders, and wrongdoing
- Now and future practice.
