ESSENTIAL COURSE Unit One text From: DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE By R. Gordon Richard Gordon was born in 1921. He has been an anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital‚1 a ship’s surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. He left medical practice in 1952 and started writing his "Doctor" series. "Doctor in the House" is one of Gordon’s twelve "Doctor" books and is noted for witty description of a medical student’s years of professional training. To a
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------------------------------------------------- Doctor–patient relationship The doctor–patient relationship is central to the practice of healthcare and is essential for the delivery of high-quality health care in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The doctor–patient relationship forms one of the foundations of contemporary medical ethics. Most universities teach students from the beginning‚ even before they set foot in hospitals‚ to maintain a professional rapport with patients‚ uphold
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Nazi Prisoner Doctors In my opinion‚ if asked‚ Aristotle would have worked in the prison camp hospital. Aristotle’s position on ethic is to find a balance of good and what may not be good. “Virtuous activities are those that avoid the two extremes of excess and deficiency. For example if you fear too much‚ you become cowardly; if you fear too little‚ you become rash. The mean is courage (Aristotle‚ p. 410). In the hospital the mean between not helping anyone and helping no one would be to help
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When Doctor Pax was a boy‚ he played on a tree at the end of his garden. And‚ when he was alone on that tree‚ he would pretend he was a hero from his favourite book. The tree often tested his skills; how high he could climb‚ for how long he could dangle‚ and how well he landed when he swung to the ground. Now he was an adult‚ he could teach the same lessons he learnt as a child. About strength‚ teamwork and courage. And what better place to learn all those things than Gypsy Copse‚ an ancient woodland
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Doctor Manette Character Essay Eric Best Throughout A Tale of Two Cities Dickens illuminates Doctor Manette’s identity by effectively using a good variety of literary devices. For Doctor Manette’s character‚ Dickens specifically uses foreshadowing‚ similes‚ and symbolism to portray an accurate and deep personality to the reader. Dickens uses foreshadowing in an abundance during the first and second books of A Tale of Two Cities in a successful manner to reveal
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“Doctor in the house” by Richard Gordon. This text is an extract from the book “Doctor in the house” written by Richard Gordon. He was born in 1921. He has been an anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital‚ a ship’s surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. He left medical practice in 1952 and started writing his "Doctor" series. The novels were very successful in Britain during the 1960s and 1970s. "Doctor in the House" is one of Gordon’s twelve "Doctor" books and is noted
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For the purpose of this essay the author will be comparing and contrasting the regulations between Nurses and Doctors. The author researched both of these professions to help write this essay. The author will include points discussing the registration and education of each profession‚ the continuous professional development that nurses and doctors take part in‚ ethical issues and professional boundaries within the health care setting. Also accountability and responsibility will be discussed along
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Doctors without boarders xxxxxxxxxxx xxxx National and Community Change and Development Doctors without boarders This case analysis is about the work Doctors Without Borders do for the people with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in the Sub-Saharan country of Swaziland and the story of a boy named Senzo that are in the middle of such a treatment. With a weak immune system because of the HIV virus‚ tuberculosis and similar diseases could kill him. With the help of this organization and many
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patients recover‚ because they believe in doctors” this quote comes from one of the most famous ancient Greek doctors‚ Hippocrates. When we look at the ancient Greeks life it’s mainly focused around the Gods but in medicine the doctors‚ like Hippocrates‚ tried to figure out natural reasons as to why someone got ill. Certainly not every person trusted doctors because many still turned to the Gods to try to fix their illness. After researching about ancient Greek doctors people can realize that some of the
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Moliere play Love is the Doctor (L ’Amour Medecin) Darlene Swanagan Introduction to Literature Moliere play Love is the Doctor (L ’Amour Medecin) Following his disastrous experience with Le Tartuffe and the hardly more happy fate of Dom Juan‚ Molière was called upon‚ at the shortest of notice‚ to provide an entertainment for the court. The result is Love ’s The Best Doctor. Some critics have found in it a harshness which they have regarded as symptomatic of Molière ’s mood at that time‚ but
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