New on the bookshelf: Recent releases by DMS faculty authors
100 Questions and Answers about
Prostate Cancer. By Pamela
Ellsworth, M.D.; John Heaney,
M.D., a professor of urology at
DMS; and Cliff Gill; Jones and
Bartlett Publishers; 2003. This
guide offers practical answers to
questions
about prostate
cancer treatment
options,
post-treatment
quality of life,
and sources of
support. It includes
a step-by-step discussion
of the diagnosis and treatment of
prostate cancer, and commentary
from a prostate cancer survivor
offers real-life understanding
of what these steps mean.
A Life in Medicine: A Literary Anthology.
By Robert Coles, M.D.,
et al., including Joseph O'Donnell,
M.D., a professor of medicine
at DMS; New Press; 2002.
This anthology includes stories,
essays, and poems that touch on
the moral and
ethical lives of
physicians and
nurses. Its contributors
—including
some
well-known
writers plus
doctors, nurses, other healthcare
practitioners, patients, and a
couple of Dartmouth medical
students—address listening, responding,
and the importance of
caring in medicine.
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