Overview
- Describes high impact and unique encounters that affected the career development and composed the stepping stones of physician-scientists
- This volume will help enhance the public understanding of the profession physician-scientist in an attempt to close the gap between medicine and science
- Represents the first ever collective biography of accomplished physician-scientists sharing common threads having naturally developed their careers between medicine and science
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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About this book
Physician-scientists are unusual creatures. While we are drawn to the clinical challenges of our patients, we are also drawn to the opportunities that our patients’ medical problems bring to science. This book contains the unique experiences and encounters that drew 20 accomplished physician-scientists to this profession. These personal stories are those of people and circumstances that have had profound effects on our career decisions, our creative opportunities, and our lives. These stories also serve to highlight the lessons learned along the way and the distinct attributes of these women and men of medicine and science. Our combined hope is that our collective biographies will enhance the public understanding of our profession, will move people from medicine to science and from science to medicine, and will inspire those who are contemplating this extraordinary profession. Â
“It is a rare gift to benefit from the collective wisdom of so many individuals at the same time. These physician scientists have provided readers with helpful advice and thoughtful encouragement. The interesting and thought provoking essays in Medicine Science and Dreams can be read and digested one at a time or all at once in sequence. They provide lessons to be learned by any physician-scientist, whether just starting out or in the middle of a research career. Schwartz has done readers a great service and has added to the legacy of these prominent and successful physician-scientists.” Book review in JAMA, September 7, 2011—Vol 306, No. 9 by Derek S. Wheeler, MD
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“A wonderful collection of personal stories written by 20 prominent and highly successful physician-scientists. … The overarching message of this book is clear. … a rare gift to benefit from the collective wisdom of so many individuals at the same time. These physician-scientists have provided readers with helpful advice and thoughtful encouragement. … he or she will find something of value in this collection of stories. Schwartz has done readers a great service and has added to the legacy of these prominent and successful physician-scientists.” (Derek S. Wheeler, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 306 (9), September, 2011)Editors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Medicine Science and Dreams
Book Subtitle: The Making of Physician-Scientists
Editors: David A. Schwartz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9538-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-9537-4Published: 19 October 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-8974-6Published: 13 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-9538-1Published: 17 October 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIX, 334
Topics: Biomedicine general