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1 online resource |
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pt. one. The doctor as patient. ch. 1. The big C. ch. 2. Getting better -- pt. two. Growing up. ch. 3. In the beginning. ch. 4. College days. ch. 5. Decisions, decisions. ch. 6. Basic training -- pt. three. Doing medicine. ch. 7. A special calling. ch. 8. Making diagnoses. ch. 9. Columbia-Presbyterian medicine. ch. 10. Becoming a hematologist. ch. 11. Hematology and oncology. ch. 12. Doing hematology. ch. 13. Sickle cell disease. ch. 14. Special people -- pt. four. Medicine today. ch. 15. The practice of medicine. ch. 16. The business of medicine. ch. 17. Solutions. ch. 18. Changing times. ch. 19. The last chapter |
| Summary |
This book describes the life and times of a physician-scientist over the last half-century. Part One is about the author's struggle with colon cancer and the lessons he learnt from the experience; Part Two is about his life growing up, the pretzel bakery, his family, being educated at Bronx Science, Columbia College, Harvard Medical School, and his medical training at the Boston City Hospital and the NIH. Part Three, the major portion of the book, describes the author's experiences as a practicing physician and hematologist at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center over 40 years. It also present |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Bank, Arthur
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| SUBJECT |
Bank, Arthur fast |
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Physicians -- New York -- Biography
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Medical care -- United States -- History
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
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MEDICAL -- Physicians.
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Medical care
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Physicians
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United States
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collective biographies.
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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History
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789814425513 |
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9814425516 |
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