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Copyright © 1984 by David Mendel
Introduction copyright © 2013 by Jerome Groopman
Preface to the 2013 Edition copyright © 2013 by Jonathan Hazell
All rights reserved.
Cover image: Lisa Nilsson, Male Torso, 2010; courtesy of the artist
Cover design: Katy Homans
The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier printing as follows:
Proper doctoring : a book for patients and their doctors / by David Mendel ; introduction by Jerome Groopman.
p. ; cm. — (New York Review Books classics)
Reprint. Originally published: Berlin : Springer-Verlag, 1984.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-59017-621-4 (pbk.)
I. Title. II. Series: New York Review Books classics.
[DNLM: 1. Physician–Patient Relations. W 62]
R727.3
616—dc23
2013015560
eISBN 978-1-59017-643-6
v1.0
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