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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Medicine and the arts have in common a concern for all aspects of people's lives. This delightful anthology celebrates the many ways in which they interact. Robin Downie has mixed together a rich concoction of poems, stories, prose extracts, music, paintings, and drawings which illustrate the fundamental issues of birth, life, and death. From reviews of the hardback edition The best presents are often those you want to buy for yourself and part with only grudgingly. The Healing Arts falls headlong into this class. New Scientist This book is really much better than any anthology has a right to be. remarkably handsome: large format, good paper, spacious layouts, colour plates, and photographs. but the most striking aspect is the quality and variety of the selected items, and the way in which they flow and are mutually reinforcing.' Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London ' a splendid anthology . Downie's anthology is interesting, varied . and fun to dip into.' The Lancet Here's some cultural diversion for anyone on the mend from the surgeon's knife or fighting illness, or indeed for the hypochondriac. Read Betjeman on nurses, Larkin on ambulances, and C S Lewis on grief. And more in the same vein.' Focus . a delightful collection of poetry, essay, and musical score, punctuated by carefully selected drawings and paintings. It is undoubtedly a delightful gift for almost anyone in medicine, and a goodly number outside the profession. British Journal of Anaesthesia He has compiled a beautiful and inspiring collection of poems, drawings, paintings, cartoons, music and excerpts from books and journals to give pleasure, to heal and inform, and to "stretch the imagination, deepen the sympathy and enrich perspectives" . It superbly fulfills Downie's goal of bringing pleasure, stretching the imagination, and deepening sympathy. I strongly recommend it to those of you who value the arts and have some association with the medical profession. The Medical Humanities Review This book is a gem which will have wide appeal. It breaks new ground in using art, prose and poetry to explore interactions between medicine and the arts. Journal of Medical Ethics. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The Healing Arts : An Oxford Illustrated Anthology: An Oxford Illustrated Anthology This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.

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Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. Quality of Life: A Post-Pandemic Philosophy of Medicine. Book.

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Paperback. Condición: Good. No jacket. Oxford University Press, 2000. Paperback, sm4to, xviii,334pp, illust. Covers slightly shelfworn. A good copy. 0192632574/0.9uk.

First Paperback Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 334 pages; Physical description. : xviii, 334 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. Subject: Medicine - Literary collections. Arts medicine. 3 Kg.

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Revised Edition. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute and presented by the Birmingham Hospital Fund, with minor library marks. Edition; Repr. with corr. Physical description; xviii, 334 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Notes; Originally published in hardback: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1995. Contents; 1. Preface ; 2. List of illustrations ; 3. Introduction ; 4. The way we are ; 5. Disease and mental illness ; 6. Doctors and psychiatrists ; 7. Nurses and patients ; 8. Healing ; 9. Last things ; 10. Research ; 11. Ethics and purpose ; Appendix ; Acknowledgements ; Indexes: authors; medical authors; first lines of poems. Summary; Medicine and the arts have in common a concern for all aspects of people's lives. This delightful anthology celebrates the many ways in which they interact. Robin Downie has mixed together a rich concoction of poems, stories, prose extracts, music, paintings, and drawings which illustrate the fundamental issues of birth, life, and death. From reviews of the hardback edition The best presents are often those you want to buy for yourself and part with only grudgingly. The Healing Arts falls headlong into this class. New Scientist This book is really much better than any anthology has a right to be.remarkably handsome: large format, good paper, spacious layouts, colour plates, and photographs.but the most striking aspect is the quality and variety of the selected items, and the way in which they flow and are mutually reinforcing.' Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London ' a splendid anthology .Downie's anthology is interesting, varied .and fun to dip into.' The Lancet Here's some cultural diversion for anyone on the mend from the surgeon's knife or fighting illness, or indeed for the hypochondriac. Read Betjeman on nurses, Larkin on ambulances, and C S Lewis on grief. And more in the same vein.' Focus .a delightful collection of poetry, essay, and musical score, punctuated by carefully selected drawings and paintings. It is undoubtedly a delightful gift for almost anyone in medicine, and a goodly number outside the profession. British Journal of Anaesthesia He has compiled a beautiful and inspiring collection of poems, drawings, paintings, cartoons, music and excerpts from books and journals to give pleasure, to heal and inform, and to "stretch the imagination, deepen the sympathy and enrich perspectives" .It superbly fulfills Downie's goal of bringing pleasure, stretching the imagination, and deepening sympathy. I strongly recommend it to those of you who value the arts and have some association with the medical profession. The Medical Humanities Review This book is a gem which will have wide appeal.It breaks new ground in using art, prose and poetry to explore interactions between medicine and the arts. Journal of Medical Ethics. Subjects; Arts medicine. Medicine in Art. Poetry. Collections & anthologies of various literary forms ; Medicine: general issues ; The Arts. History / General. Medical / History. Health & Fitness / Healing. Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General. Medicine ; Literary conections. Genre; Illustrated. 3 Kg.

First Paperback Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 334 pages; Physical description. : xviii, 334 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. Subject: Medicine - Literary collections. Arts medicine. 1 Kg.

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Revised Edition. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute and presented by the Birmingham Hospital Fund, with minor library marks. Edition; Repr. with corr. Physical description; xviii, 334 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Notes; Originally published in hardback: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1995. Contents; 1. Preface ; 2. List of illustrations ; 3. Introduction ; 4. The way we are ; 5. Disease and mental illness ; 6. Doctors and psychiatrists ; 7. Nurses and patients ; 8. Healing ; 9. Last things ; 10. Research ; 11. Ethics and purpose ; Appendix ; Acknowledgements ; Indexes: authors; medical authors; first lines of poems. Summary; Medicine and the arts have in common a concern for all aspects of people's lives. This delightful anthology celebrates the many ways in which they interact. Robin Downie has mixed together a rich concoction of poems, stories, prose extracts, music, paintings, and drawings which illustrate the fundamental issues of birth, life, and death. From reviews of the hardback edition The best presents are often those you want to buy for yourself and part with only grudgingly. The Healing Arts falls headlong into this class. New Scientist This book is really much better than any anthology has a right to be.remarkably handsome: large format, good paper, spacious layouts, colour plates, and photographs.but the most striking aspect is the quality and variety of the selected items, and the way in which they flow and are mutually reinforcing.' Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London ' a splendid anthology .Downie's anthology is interesting, varied .and fun to dip into.' The Lancet Here's some cultural diversion for anyone on the mend from the surgeon's knife or fighting illness, or indeed for the hypochondriac. Read Betjeman on nurses, Larkin on ambulances, and C S Lewis on grief. And more in the same vein.' Focus .a delightful collection of poetry, essay, and musical score, punctuated by carefully selected drawings and paintings. It is undoubtedly a delightful gift for almost anyone in medicine, and a goodly number outside the profession. British Journal of Anaesthesia He has compiled a beautiful and inspiring collection of poems, drawings, paintings, cartoons, music and excerpts from books and journals to give pleasure, to heal and inform, and to "stretch the imagination, deepen the sympathy and enrich perspectives" .It superbly fulfills Downie's goal of bringing pleasure, stretching the imagination, and deepening sympathy. I strongly recommend it to those of you who value the arts and have some association with the medical profession. The Medical Humanities Review This book is a gem which will have wide appeal.It breaks new ground in using art, prose and poetry to explore interactions between medicine and the arts. Journal of Medical Ethics. Subjects; Arts medicine. Medicine in Art. Poetry. Collections & anthologies of various literary forms ; Medicine: general issues ; The Arts. History / General. Medical / History. Health & Fitness / Healing. Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General. Medicine ; Literary conections. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.

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