{"product_id":"reciting-robert-frost-in-the-taylor-prewitt-9780979335617","title":"Reciting Robert Frost In The ICU: Essays on The Literature of Medicine","description":"Surveying the whole field of medicine, Taylor Prewitt, a retired cardiologist, shows himself to be an entertaining guide as he brings us a commentary collection of some sixty books written by or about doctors, patients, and others who help in time of need--such as Florence Nightingale, whose name is almost synonymous with nursing, and Thomas Lynch, a Michigan undertaker who is a poet. This collection illustrates the same variety that doctors encounter at their offices, the same variety that any of us encounter in walking down a crowded street. There are several examples of the history of medicine, going back five hundred years to the time when Theodore de Mayerne was a physician to King James I of England. The world of the twenty-first century is shown in the essays of Atul Gawande and Phillip R. Reilly, ranging from present-day delivery of health care to the genetic revolution. We see front-line primary care and research into the basic secrets of life; life in its beginning and at its end; the care of the poor and the care of the kings; health care on the plains of Kansas and the jungles of Africa; sick folks one at a time and millions at a time. This is hardly a list of the best sixty books about medicine. However, they are good books, and they illustrate the richness and the depth of the field. Times are changing; wherever we are going, these reviews help us understand where we have been and where we are now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Taylor Prewitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0979335612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780979335617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Foxboro Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.73d","brand":"Taylor Prewitt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799454626047,"sku":"9780979335617","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reciting-robert-frost-in-the-taylor-prewitt-9780979335617","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}