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Med School : Tales from the Toughest Years of a Medical Career
by Meador, Clifton K., M.D.Edition:
2nd
ISBN13:
9781934980101
ISBN10:
1934980102
Format:
Paperback
Pub. Date:
3/1/2009
Publisher(s):
Cable Pub
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Summary
Med School is the poignant, funny, authentic account of Vanderbilt University medical school on the cusp of the age of modern medicine. It is the author's personal account of personal growth and coming of age while learning the art of becoming a physician who listened to--and truly cared about--his patients.
Author Biography
Dr. Clifton K. Meador attended the Vanderbilt School of Medicine, later returning there as Professor of Medicine. He is currently the executive director of the Vanderbilt Meharry Alliance. He and his wife reside in Nashville.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Prologue | p. xi |
| General Plan of Instruction | p. xiii |
| Freshman Year | |
| The Lost Boys | p. 1 |
| Weights and Measures | p. 7 |
| Quail Hunting | p. 15 |
| Beware of Dead Dogs | p. 19 |
| Myasthenia Gravis | p. 23 |
| The First House Call | p. 27 |
| Sophomore Year | |
| Studies in Contrast and Separation | p. 35 |
| A Surgeon in Pathologist's Clothing | p. 47 |
| Harper's Bizarre | p. 57 |
| Shoes, Window Screens, and Meat | p. 67 |
| Tools of the Trade | p. 83 |
| The Perfect Smear | p. 95 |
| A Solo Flight into a History | p. 101 |
| The Silver Phantom | p. 107 |
| Junior Year | |
| Surgeons Are Born, Not Made | p. 111 |
| Some Lessons Do Not Need Repeating | p. 117 |
| A Special Breed | p. 125 |
| Bomber Pilots of Medicine | p. 131 |
| Medicine At Last | p. 137 |
| Story of a Blown Pupil | p. 147 |
| Senior Year | |
| Sounds of Night | p. 153 |
| Just a Matter of Pride | p. 159 |
| The Last Chapter | p. 165 |
| Epilogue | p. 173 |
| About the Author | p. 178 |
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