White coat tales [electronic resource] : medicine's heroes, heritage and misadventures / Robert B. Taylor.

Features various chapters that present the many tales of legendary medical innovators, diseases that changed history, insightful clinical sayings, famous persons and their illnesses, and epic blunders made by physicians and scientists. This book highlights what health professionals should know about...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Taylor, Robert B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, ©2008.
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Summary:Features various chapters that present the many tales of legendary medical innovators, diseases that changed history, insightful clinical sayings, famous persons and their illnesses, and epic blunders made by physicians and scientists. This book highlights what health professionals should know about the career path they have chosen.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 271 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index.
ISBN:9780387730806
038773080X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.