No House Calls: Irreverent Reflections on the Practice of Medicine - Hardcover

Gott, Peter

9780671604332: No House Calls: Irreverent Reflections on the Practice of Medicine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671604333 ISBN 13: 9780671604332

Publisher: Poseidon Pr, 1986

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From Publishers Weekly:

Gott, a general practitioner in Connecticut and syndicated newspaper columnist, has put together a sometimes insightful, sometimes sanctimonious collection of both new and previously published essays on virtually every aspect of medicine. The author, who began his newspaper sideline with what he calls "informational material," would have been well advised to concentrate on that. The pieces on health advice are more interesting than the essays on the current state of medical practice. Half the book is devoted to Gott's critical pontification on doctors and their expensive cars, doctors and their insensitivity and doctors who keep patients waiting. And even the health information pieces are a mixed bag: some, such as those about the high alcohol content in certain medicines and the effects of megadoses of vitamins, are detailed and instructive. Others, like a piece on generic drugs, are thin and leave the reader with many substantive questions. Gott's writing is labored and while the range of topics is diverse, some themes are repeated so often they become tedious. (October
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

Dr. Gott's syndicated health column appears in some 400 newspapers. This book contains representative selections, approximately half of which attack other physicians for what Gott sees as their avarice, insensitivity, and incompetence. Gott also discusses such themes as the escalating costs of the health care system, patient advocacy, medical ethics, social trends, old age, and death. While Gott presents himself as a staunch defender of patients, the book will be appreciated most by readers have a grudge against doctors. Carol R. Glatt, COMPSET Systems, Cherry Hill, N.J.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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