First Do No Harm

Empathy and the Writing of Medical Journal Articles

Mary Ellen Knatterud

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Routledge
07 June 2002

History of medicine; Examination of patients

Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture

First Do No Harm is an interdisciplinary study examining how various members of academic physicians organisations have constructed certain images of patients on paper over time. The study pays special attention to the classical concept of pathos, or its modern equivalent, empathy. It analyses the usage of language in describing the patients in five editions of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) , spaced 30 years apart - March 25, 1828; March 25, 1858; March 29 1888; March 28, 1918; and March 25, 1948. This book provides a unique study on this topic.

By: Mary Ellen Knatterud
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780415933872
ISBN 10: 0415933870
Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 07 June 2002
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter I. Overview: A Rhetorical Shift, Over Time, in the Social Construction of Patients in the New England Journal of Medicine Tables 1-5Chapter II. New England Journal of Medicine, March 25, 1828: On a Last-Name Basis with Fleshed-Out PatientsChapter III. New England Journal of Medicine, March 25, 1858: Medical Priests Constructing Good and Bad PatientsChapter IV. New England Journal of Medicine, March 29, 1888: Reductionist Measurements and Refractory PatientsChapter V. New England Journal of Medicine, March 28, 1918: Nationalistic and Metaphoric Constructions of PatientsChapter VI. New England Journal of Medicine, March 25, 1948: Problem Patients to Perform on and Manage Chapter VII. Conclusion: Speculation about Causes and Consequences of Less Empathetic LanguageAppendix A: Classical Roots and Modern Meaning of EmpathyAppendix B: Suggestions for Avoiding Nonempathetic LanguageAppendix C: Brief Summaries of New England Journal of Medicine Chapters

Mary E. Knatterud, Ph.D. is a research associate and assistant professor in the Department of Surgery of the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis. Dr. Knatterud is a fellow of the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), a member of the Conference of College Composition and Communication (CCCC) and of the Council of Science Editors (CSE). She has published articles about medical communication in the AMWA Journal, Dialysis& Transplantation, and Minnesota Physician among others.