Neuroliterature Patients, Doctors, Diseases - Larner, Andrew J
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Most of these occasional pieces, published over a period of almost 20 years and brought together for the first time in this volume, explore the interrelationships between neurology and literature, hence "neuroliterature". Both literary and clinical accounts share narrative structure, and the former may inform a clinician's understanding of the patient experience of disease. Creative writers without medical training may describe neurological disorders based on their careful observations of the human condition, permitting a fruitful exchange of ideas in this interdisciplinary subject area. This…mehr

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Most of these occasional pieces, published over a period of almost 20 years and brought together for the first time in this volume, explore the interrelationships between neurology and literature, hence "neuroliterature". Both literary and clinical accounts share narrative structure, and the former may inform a clinician's understanding of the patient experience of disease. Creative writers without medical training may describe neurological disorders based on their careful observations of the human condition, permitting a fruitful exchange of ideas in this interdisciplinary subject area. This book may be of interest to both practising clinicians and students of literature.
Autorenporträt
Dr Larner has been a consultant neurologist based at the Walton Centre in Liverpool for nearly 20 years. He has an interest in medical history, gained the Diploma in the History of Medicine of the Society of Apothecaries in 1995 and was subsequently a DHMSA examiner, and is currently the editor of the Journal of Medical Biography.