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Can I read The Language of Medicine on EtoBox?
The Language of Medicine by Abraham Fuks; is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Language of Medicine about?
Language exercises a powerful impact on medical care as the words that physicians use with patients have the power to heal or harm. The practice of medicine is shaped by the potent metaphors that are prevalent in clinical care, especially military metaphors and the words of war that bring with them unfortunate consequences for patients and physicians alike. Physicians who fight disease turn the patient into a passive battlefield. Patients are encouraged to remain stoic, blamed for "failing" chemotherapy and sadly remembered in heroic obituaries of lost battles. The search for disease as enemy shifts the doctor's gaze to the computer and imaging technologies that render the patient transparent, unseen and unheard. Modern treatments save lives but patients can be the victims of collateral damage and friendly fire. In The Language of Medicine, Abraham Fuks, physician, medical educator, and former Dean of Medicine at McGill University, shows us how words are potent drugs that must be tailored to the individual patient and applied in carefully chosen and measured doses to offer benefits and avoid toxicity. The book shines a light on our culture that deprecates the skill of listening tha
Who reads The Language of Medicine?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Abraham Fuks;
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780190944834
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Medical, Medicine
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (253 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14