{"product_id":"playing-the-ponies-and-other-medical-mysteries-solved-9780813570556","title":"Playing the Ponies and Other Medical Mysteries","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the tradition of Oliver Sacks and \u003cem\u003eHouse\u003cem\u003e, Dr. Stuart Mushlin portrays cases from the common to the obscure. Along the way, we learn about a physician from the start of his career to its peak, learning, helping, and sometimes failing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Puzzling patients, detective work, and a dedicated doctor nicely packaged in one small, fascinating volume.\" * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e\"Captivating vignettes from a master clinician, illuminating the profound intellectual and emotional dimensions of medicine, it's demands and its joys. Medical professionals and the public at large will delight in these tales.\" -- Jerome E. Groopman, M.D. * author of How Doctors Think *\u003cbr\u003e\"This lovely patient-centered memoir combines the best of the medical problem-solving of Berton Roueche with the human warmth and wryly benevolent amusement of James Herriot.  It will be enjoyed by students, residents, and physicians who want to remind themselves of the ideals that brought them to medicine.\" -- Daniel M. Goodenberger, M.D., MACP * Chief of Medicine, St Louis VA Medical Center *\u003cbr\u003e\"An articulate, authoritative, and fascinating guided tour through the joys and intricacies of the diagnostic process, therapeutic challenges, and human interactions at the core of medical practice with an articulate, compassionate, and accomplished physician.\" -- Jeremiah A. Barondess, M.D. * President Emeritus, New York Academy of Medicine *\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is a fascinating examination of the challenges in the doctor-patient relationship. Dr. Mushlin's caring and holistic approach to patients is inspiring. His moving stories will help readers become wiser patients. I highly recommend it.\"  -- Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D. * Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School *\u003cbr\u003e\"Stuart Mushlin captures eloquently the essential attributes of the \u003ci\u003ecomplete\u003c\/i\u003e physician: empathy, patience and open-mindedness matched to curiosity, scientific inquiry and determination to provide the best care possible. The lessons evoked are timeless and formulate a Hippocratic Oath for our times.\" -- Joseph B. Martin, M.D., PhD * Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology, Emeritus, and former dean, Harvard Medical School *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e Back Pain\u003cbr\u003e It’s a Small World\u003cbr\u003e Everything Really Can Go Wrong in the Hospital\u003cbr\u003e Friday Night at Five\u003cbr\u003e Learning from the Patient\u003cbr\u003e Explosive Illnesses Don’t Respond to Homeopathy\u003cbr\u003e Sometimes, All We Get Is Close\u003cbr\u003e Thinking Can Sometimes Make a Difference\u003cbr\u003e The CPC\u003cbr\u003e Let the Facts Speak for Themselves\u003cbr\u003e Cough\u003cbr\u003e Great Imitators\u003cbr\u003e Great Imitator Part 2\u003cbr\u003e Playing the Ponies\u003cbr\u003e Who’s the Greatest of Them All?\u003cbr\u003e Making a List and Checking It Twice\u003cbr\u003e Moonlighting\u003cbr\u003e POEMS\u003cbr\u003e Iron Man\u003cbr\u003e An Octopus Pot, Voodoo, and Chang and Eng\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405787275607,"sku":"9780813570556","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813570556.jpg?v=1730493616","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/playing-the-ponies-and-other-medical-mysteries-solved-9780813570556","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}