doctors and patients struggling together Weisse, Allen B. creator ebrary, Inc text biography Electronic books. mou Columbia, Mo University of Missouri Press c2006 2006 monographic eng

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182 p. ; 22 cm. "Writing frankly, Weisse discusses how doctors and patients of cancer, heart disease, stroke, infectious disease, AIDS, and other dire diagnoses deal with illness in the twenty-first century, considering, in turn, how such factors as specialization, rising costs, managed care, the insurance industry, and litigation has changed the practice of medicine"--Provided by publisher. Introduction -- Lance Armstrong and me -- The crock -- Devotion -- The iron man -- Waste -- Marking time at Hillcrest Home -- The case of the baffling boy : chapter one -- Eddy -- Smart ass -- Victims all -- The end of the road -- Modern medicine -- The survivor -- A man what am -- Other faces of AIDS -- On dying with dignity--and a diagnosis -- The gift -- Time (overdue) for a change -- Stroke -- A letter. Allen B. Weisse. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Critically ill Psychology Critically ill Conduct of life Physician and patient Health behavior R726.5 .W454 2006eb 616 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10188297 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10188297 CaPaEBR 060306 20260707180427.0 ebr10188297