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Wonderful treatment

Evans, M.

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Authors

M. Evans



Contributors

P. Louhiala
Editor

I. Heath
Editor

J. Saunders
Editor

Abstract

A friend of mine once had the misfortune to suffer acute appendicitis and be admitted to hospital for emergency surgery. The operation was uneventful and wholly successful, my friend recovered in a manner and at a rate that was typical for his age (he was at the time in his forties) and he was discharged, went home, and soon resumed normal daily life. Notwithstanding the original misfortune, the whole episode was otherwise entirely unremarkable from a medical viewpoint. However, telling me about it later my friend described the familiar signs and symptoms of his digestive system starting to work again as he convalesced and, as he put it, from his perspective as a biologist ‘It was wonderful to observe my digestive system – my body – coming back to life.’

Citation

Evans, M. (2013). Wonderful treatment. In P. Louhiala, I. Heath, & J. Saunders (Eds.), Medical humanities companion : treatment (17-32). Radcliffe Publishing

Acceptance Date Mar 30, 2012
Publication Date 2013
Deposit Date Apr 20, 2012
Publicly Available Date Apr 30, 2015
Publisher Radcliffe Publishing
Pages 17-32
Series Number 3
Book Title Medical humanities companion : treatment.
Publisher URL https://www.crcpress.com/Medical-Humanities-Companion-Volume-3/Louhiala-Heath-Saunders/p/book/9781846193705

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