商品簡介
Every discipline has its legends and lore, but medicine has a series of inspirational moments in which someone, be it Lister and his carbolic acid wound dressing or Donald Wilson and his efforts to open medical education to minorities, saved lives. Eugene Straus (medicine emeritus, State U. of New York Health Science Center) and editor Alex Straus make complex principles and notions accessible to the general reader but still satisfy those with more medical background in the details. They cover medicine and surgery from Galen to the most recent issues in research, clinical trials and patient advocacy. They include the ideas that went wrong but led to improvements in treatment and diagnosis, and focus on medicine within the contemporary social and cultural context. They are also unflinchingly honest about the personalities involved. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Eugene W. Straus, MD, author of the acclaimed Rosalyn Yalow, Nobel Laureate, is emeritus professor of medicine at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn. He was formerly chief of the Division of Digestive Diseases, director of the Digestive Disease Training Program, and acting cochair of the Department of Medicine there. He is the author of approximately 150 articles in the medical and scientific literature.
Alex Straus is a contributing editor at Maxim magazine, specializing in new technology, sports, and feature-length articles. He is the author of Guerilla Golf.
