CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
1. HOW NOT TO BE A DOCTOR
2. STRESS TEST
3. PLUS ÇA CHANGE
4. MODERN MEDICINE
5. WHAT’S IN A NAME?
6. THE WRONG TROUSERS
7. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
8. MENTIONED IN PASSING
9. ALL GREEK TO ME
10. ANNA O AND THE ‘TALKING CURE’
11. DOING THE ROUNDS
12. IT’S ALL IN THE BODY
13. DR SCROOGE’S CASEBOOK
14. THE ITCH
15. OF CHEESE AND CHOICE
16. LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX
17. MYSTERIES OF THE MALE
18. THE ENDURING ASYLUM
19. DO NOT DISTURB
20. BURNING YOUR RELATIVES
21. THE PROBLEM WITH SEX
22. THE ART OF QUESTIONING
23. HOT WATER
24. INTERPRETING ILLNESS
25. IT TAKES TWO
26. YELLOW NOSE SIGN
27. DIALOGUE AND DIAGNOSIS
28. BREAKING THE NEWS
29. CAREERS ADVICE
30. ONLY OBEYING ORDERS
31. THE ART OF NOT LISTENING
32. END OF THE ROAD
33. ESCAPING THE LOOP
34. IMPALED ON THE INVISIBLE
35. WEASEL WORDS
36. FOLK ILLNESS AND MEDICAL MODELS
37. THE FACTS OF DEATH
38. CARE PATHWAYS
39. ON KINDNESS
40. CAPABLE BUT INSANE
41. ON THE RECORD
42. CLOSE READINGS
43. MEET YOUR MICROBIOME
44. OPIUM
45. MEDICINE AS POETRY
46. THE BREATHTAKINGLY SIMPLE FACTS OF LIFE
47. MONKEY BUSINESS
48. MEDICINE UNDER CAPITALISM
49. MEMORIES OF THE WORKHOUSE
50. TAKING RISKS SERIOUSLY
51. THREE KINDS OF REFLECTION
52. BRIEF ENCOUNTER
53. POWER AND POWERLESSNESS
54. FATHERS AND SONS
FURTHER READING
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AUTHOR’S NOTE
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