Contents:

Mikhail Bulgakov - 'Baptism by Rotation'  
Franz Kafka - 'A Country Doctor'
Arthur Conan Doyle - 'A Medical Document'
Rachel Naomi Remen - 'In the Gray Zone'
Renate Rubinstein - 'Telling the Truth'
Ruth Picardie - 'Observer Life'
Rachel Clark - 'Inside and out and Upside Down'
Clive Sinclair - 'My Life as a Pig'
W. Somerset Maugham - 'Sanatorium'
O'Henry - 'Let Me Feel Your Pulse'
Oliver Sacks - 'Rebecca'
Cecil Helman - 'The Other Half of Eddie Barnett
William Carlos Williams - 'The Use of Force'
A.J Cronin - 'The Case of David Murray'
Anton Chekhov - 'A Doctor's Visit'
Moacyr Scliar - 'The King of Xingu'  

''This collection, with Helman's insightful introduction and notes, will be invaluable to anyone running a medicine and literature course, as well as fascinating for any clinician or student''. MEDICAL HUMANITIES

''I think that this book shoud be included in the 'essential reading list' of appropriate modern day medical undergraduate courses as a means of enhancing compassion, empathy, and good communication when it comes to patients and colleagues.''  BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE

''There are many gems in this book which deserve to be read, marked, learned and inwardly digested''  FAMILY PRACTICE

''This is above all a book to be enjoyed. As a collection of essays and extracts, there is a wide diversity of subject and length, but the common theme is the relationship between doctor and patient. It is an enlightened and valuable resource that is throughout educated, polished and well worth recommending to all doctors, whether in training or already well established.''  COURTLANDS

''This book provides essential core material for those who might by studying doctor-patient communication.''  HUMAN GIVENS

''This book was an interesting and refreshing change from the usual textbooks and workbooks that we normally review. It is a collection of short stories about doctors and patients by authors who were also doctors. This book is a really good read, I am certainly getting a copy.''  AMSPAR

''This anthology makes enjoyable general reading, but it is particularly relevant to today's patient-partnership model and anyone interested in the doctor-patient relationship should find it invaluable.''  THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PATHOLOGISTS

''I would recommend this book for those involved in teaching communication skills or in medical education generally.''  TRIPLE HELIX

''This is one that any doctor would benefit from reading - and it is an ideal gift for a student or young doctor. It puts the whole patient first - isn't that what medicine is all about? Buy it''  OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Awards:

Cecil Helman, editor of Doctors and Patients: an anthology, has recently been awarded the 'Lucy Mair Medal for Applied Anthropology' by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland in recognition of outstanding achievement in the application of anthropology to human wellbeing, with particular reference to the relief of poverty and suffering and the active recognition of human dignity. For more information, please click below.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/05080302

Dr Helman was also awarded 'Career Achievement Award  in the Practice of Medical Anthropology' by the American Anthropological Association's Society for Medical Anthropology. For more information, please click below.

http://www.medanthro.net/awards/career04.html

To view the annotated review of the book on the New York University Literature and Medicine Database, please click below.

http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/helman12205-des-.html 

To read more about the Profile of Dr Helman as a Physician-Writer, see The Lancet Vol 361, page 2252, June 28, 2003, or visit his personal website, www.cecilhelman.com.