The deadly dinner party & other medical detective stories /
Edlow, Jonathan A.
The deadly dinner party & other medical detective stories / Deadly dinner party and other medical detective stories Jonathan A. Edlow. - New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009. - 1 online resource (xiii, 245 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The deadly dinner party -- Everywhere that Mary went -- The baby and the bathwater -- Rubbed the wrong way -- The forbidden fruit -- Two ticks from Jersey -- An airtight case -- Monday morning fever -- The case of the wide-eyed boy -- A study in scarlet -- The case of the overly hot honeymoon -- Feeling his oats -- The case of the unhealthy health food -- Little Luisa's blinding headache -- Too much of a good thing.
Picking up where Berton Roueché's The Medical Detectives left off, The Deadly Dinner Party presents fifteen edge-of-your-seat, real-life medical detective stories written by a practicing physician. Award-winning author Jonathan Edlow, M.D., shows the doctor as detective and the epidemiologist as elite sleuth in stories that are as gripping as the best thrillers. In these stories a notorious stomach bug turns a suburban dinner party into a disaster that almost claims its host; a diminutive woman routinely eats more than her football-playing boyfriend but continually loses weight; a young executive is diagnosed with lung cancer, yet the tumors seem to wax and wane inexplicably. Written for the lay person who wishes to better grasp how doctors decipher the myriad clues and puzzling symptoms they often encounter, each story presents a very different case where doctors must work to find the accurate diagnosis before it is too late. Edlow uses his unique ability to relate complex medical concepts in a writing style that is clear, engaging and easily understandable. The resulting stories both entertain us and teach us much about medicine, its history and the subtle interactions among pathogens, humans, and the environment.
9780300154993 (electronic bk.) 0300154992 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper)
OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt114zgm JSTOR B8D52A96-CFD7-4464-8251-C7F005B71111 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Medicine--Case studies.
Diagnosis, Differential.
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease--etiology
Epidemiologic Methods
Infections--diagnosis
Poisoning--diagnosis
Médecine--Études de cas.
Diagnostics différentiels.
MEDICAL--Laboratory Medicine.
MEDICAL--Diagnosis.
MEDICAL--Nursing--Assessment & Diagnosis.
SCIENCE--General.
Medicine.
Electronic books.
Case Reports
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
RC66 / .E35 2009eb
616.07/5
WB 141 / E23d 2009
The deadly dinner party & other medical detective stories / Deadly dinner party and other medical detective stories Jonathan A. Edlow. - New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009. - 1 online resource (xiii, 245 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The deadly dinner party -- Everywhere that Mary went -- The baby and the bathwater -- Rubbed the wrong way -- The forbidden fruit -- Two ticks from Jersey -- An airtight case -- Monday morning fever -- The case of the wide-eyed boy -- A study in scarlet -- The case of the overly hot honeymoon -- Feeling his oats -- The case of the unhealthy health food -- Little Luisa's blinding headache -- Too much of a good thing.
Picking up where Berton Roueché's The Medical Detectives left off, The Deadly Dinner Party presents fifteen edge-of-your-seat, real-life medical detective stories written by a practicing physician. Award-winning author Jonathan Edlow, M.D., shows the doctor as detective and the epidemiologist as elite sleuth in stories that are as gripping as the best thrillers. In these stories a notorious stomach bug turns a suburban dinner party into a disaster that almost claims its host; a diminutive woman routinely eats more than her football-playing boyfriend but continually loses weight; a young executive is diagnosed with lung cancer, yet the tumors seem to wax and wane inexplicably. Written for the lay person who wishes to better grasp how doctors decipher the myriad clues and puzzling symptoms they often encounter, each story presents a very different case where doctors must work to find the accurate diagnosis before it is too late. Edlow uses his unique ability to relate complex medical concepts in a writing style that is clear, engaging and easily understandable. The resulting stories both entertain us and teach us much about medicine, its history and the subtle interactions among pathogens, humans, and the environment.
9780300154993 (electronic bk.) 0300154992 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper)
OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt114zgm JSTOR B8D52A96-CFD7-4464-8251-C7F005B71111 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Medicine--Case studies.
Diagnosis, Differential.
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease--etiology
Epidemiologic Methods
Infections--diagnosis
Poisoning--diagnosis
Médecine--Études de cas.
Diagnostics différentiels.
MEDICAL--Laboratory Medicine.
MEDICAL--Diagnosis.
MEDICAL--Nursing--Assessment & Diagnosis.
SCIENCE--General.
Medicine.
Electronic books.
Case Reports
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
RC66 / .E35 2009eb
616.07/5
WB 141 / E23d 2009