Manners, Morals, and Medical Care: How to be an Effective Physician

This book is a unique reference for medical students, residents, and allied healthcare workers who are just entering the medical field. It outlines student responsibilities, expectations, and appropriate collegial interactions through the implementation of historical, moral, and ethical narrative techniques. It also addresses common but difficult interpersonal problems all practitioners deal with that require empathy, including delivering bad news, working with families, sexual harassment, the importance of diversity, and burnout in the work place. Each chapter includes short biographies meant to give context of the integral role of medicine in the development of our modern complex diverse society.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 267 pages
Publication date: 25 November 2020
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This book is a one-of-a-kind resource for medical students, residents, and allied healthcare professionals who are just starting their careers in the medical field. It provides a narrative, yet pedagogical approach to outlining what one can expect and what is expected of an individual when embarking on a career at a clinic or hospital.

The book is divided into two sections, the first defining student responsibilities, expectations, and appropriate collegial interactions through the implementation of historical, moral, and ethical narrative techniques. Chapters discuss the justification of "medical professionalism" as defined in medical school core curricula and explore how and why such ideological norms exist.

The book employs clinical scenarios based on incidents chosen to illustrate appropriate behavioral guidelines. It also addresses common but difficult interpersonal problems that practitioners deal with, such as delivering bad news, working with families, sexual harassment, the importance of diversity, and burnout in the workplace. Each chapter includes short biographies meant to provide context of the integral role of medicine in the development of our modern, complex, and diverse society.

Comprehensive, socially conscious, and written in an engaging yet didactic narrative style, Manners, Morals, and Medical Care serves as an authentic source and a practical guide on the responsibilities of a practitioner when caring for patients.

Weight: 390g
Dimension: 128 x 203 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030603434
Edition number: 1st ed. 2020