A study of story telling humour and learning in medicine / Kenneth C. Calman ; foreword by Sir Peter Ustinov.

  • Calman, Kenneth C. (Kenneth Charles)
Date:
2002
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

London : Stationery Office, 2002.

Physical description

xvii, 152 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition

Second impression.

Notes

Originally published: London: Stationery Office, 2000.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction -- The purpose of stories -- Understanding stories -- Humour -- Storytelling and learning -- From aphorism to cyberspace: medical stories in writing -- Other ways of telling stories: big stories and wee ones -- Stories and ethics -- The contagious theory of behaviour change -- End piece.

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    History of Medicine
    CU/CAL
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ISBN

  • 9780117025165
  • 011702516X