The secret language of doctors : cracking the code of hospital culture
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Published
Chicago, Illinois : Triumph Books, ©2014.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
610.14 GOLDM
1 available
610.14 GOLDM
1 available
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Published
Chicago, Illinois : Triumph Books, ©2014.
Format
Book
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351 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
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"Most people have visited a doctor's office or emergency room in their lifetime to gain clarity about an ailment or check in after a procedure. While doctors strive to ensure their patients understand their diagnoses, rarely do those outside the medical community understand the words and phrases we hear practitioners yell across a hospital hallway or murmur to a colleague behind office doors. Doctors and nurses use a kind of secret language, comprised of words unlikely to be found in a medical textbook or heard on television. In The Secret Language of Doctors, Dr. Brian Goldman decodes those code words for the average patient. What does it mean when a patient has the symptoms of "incarceritis"? What are "blocking" and "turfing"? And why do you never want to be diagnosed with a "horrendoma"? Dr. Goldman reveals the meaning behind the colorful and secret expressions doctors use to describe difficult patients, situations, and medical conditions--including those they don't want you to know. Gain profound insight into what doctors really think about patients in this funny and biting examination of modern medical culture."--,Publisher's web site.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Goldman, B. (2014). The secret language of doctors: cracking the code of hospital culture . Triumph Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Goldman, Brian. 2014. The Secret Language of Doctors: Cracking the Code of Hospital Culture. Triumph Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Goldman, Brian. The Secret Language of Doctors: Cracking the Code of Hospital Culture Triumph Books, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Goldman, Brian. The Secret Language of Doctors: Cracking the Code of Hospital Culture Triumph Books, 2014.
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