Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface: Goals of the Book, Audience and Background, How to Use this Book Introduction to Literature and Medicine : Part I: Literature Introduction: The Structure and Focus of the Chapters Part II: Medicine Introduction: The Complexity of Clinical Medicine Part One: Texts and Topics for Students I. Narrative and Medicine Chapter One: Narrative and Cognitive Science; Literature and Medicine. Ø Vignette-discussion of an excerpt from My Own Country by Dr. Abraham Verghese; Ø Grace Paley, "A Conversation with My Father" II. The Logic of Making a Diagnosis Chapter Two: The Narrative Structure of Diagnosis. Ø Vignette, "The Woman with Hyponatremia" (excerpt from The Chief Concern) ; Ø Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Resident Patient"; Ø Associated poem, William Shakespeare, "Sonnet 73: That Time of Year" III. Professionalism Chapter Three: Literature and Professionalism in Medicine.
Ø Vignette-discussion of an excerpt from "Playing God" by Dr. Michael LaCombe; Ø Dr. Richard Selzer, "Imelda"; Ø Associated poem, Dr, Audrey Shafer, "Monday Morning" IV. Building the Patient-Provider Relationship Chapter Four: Rapport and Empathy in Medicine. Ø Vignette, "An Elderly African-American Patient" (excerpt from The Chief Concern ); Ø Dr. Anton Chekhov, "A Doctor''s Visit"; Ø Associated poem, Dr. John Stone, "He Makes a House Call" Chapter Five: Listening to Patients. Ø Vignette, "Young Mother with Abdominal Pain" (excerpt from The Chief Concern ); Ø James Joyce, "Araby"; Ø Associated poem, Dr.
William Carlos Williams, "The Red Wheelbarrow" Chapter Six: The Patient. Ø Vignette, excerpt from The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde; Ø Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper"; Ø Associated poem, Dr. Raphael Campo, "The Couple" Chapter Seven: The Doctor. Ø Vignette, excerpt from Black Man in a White Coat by Dr. Damon Tweedy; Ø Vignette-discussion of an excerpt from "Diagnosis" by Dr. Michael LaCombe; Ø Paul Laurence Dunbar, "The Lynching of Jube Benson"; Ø Associated poem, Traditional Spiritual, "Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child" V. Everyday Ethics of Medical Practices Chapter Eight: Everyday Ethics of Medical Practices . Ø Vignette, "The Patient with Diabetic Ketoacidosis" (excerpt from The Chief Concern ); Ø Anton Chekhov, "Enemies"; Ø Associated poem, William Blake, "A Poison Tree" VI.
Vicarious Experiences Chapter Nine: Culture . Ø Vignette, "The Patient''s Chief Concern" (excerpt from The Chief Concern ); Ø Demetria Martinez, "The Annunciation: Lupe"; Ø Associated poem, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, "Making Tortillas" Chapter Ten: Sexual and Domestic Abuse. Ø Vignette, "You Don''t Deserve This" by Dr. Jerry Vannatta; Ø Edgar Allan Poe, "Berenice"; Ø Associated poem, W. B. Yeats, "Leda and the Swan" Chapter Eleven: Pain. Ø Vignette, excerpt from Inside Chronic Pain: An Intimate and Critical Account by Lous Heshusius; Ø Herman Melville, "The Operation" from White Jacket ; Ø Associated poem, Emily Dickinson, "Pain has an Element of Blank" Chapter Twelve: Ageing. Ø Vignette, "Treating a Very Old Woman" by Dr.
Jerry Vannatta; Ø Nathaniel Hawthorne, a chapter from House of Seven Gables ; Ø Associated poem, Thomas Hardy, "I Look into my Glass" VII. Mistakes in Medicine Chapter Thirteen: Mistakes in Medicine . Ø Vignette, "Mistake" by Dr. Jerry Vannatta; Ø Gustav Flaubert, a chapter from Madame Bovary ; Ø Associated poem, Dr, Dannie Abse, "In the Theatre" VIII. Death and Dying Chapter Fourteen: Death and Dying. Ø Vignette, "The Good Death" by Dr. Jerry Vannatta; Ø Vignette, "Frenzy Facing Death" by Dr. Jerry Vannatta; Ø Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych ; Ø Associated poem, John Donne, "Death Be Not Proud" IX.
Postscript: The Fulfillments of Healthcare Chapter Fifteen: Afterword Ø Associated poem, Derek Mahon, "Everything is Going to be All Right" Part Two: Appendices Appendix 1: Experimental Results: The Cognitive Science of Literary Reading Appendix 2: Discussion Questions for the Chapters Appendix 3: Questions for Daily Writing Appendix 4: Guide for Discussing Diagnosis and Diagnosis Errors (Chapter 2) Appendix 5: Casey Hester, MD., Jerry Vannatta, MD, and Ronald Schleifer, PhD, "Medical Professionalism: Using Literary Narrative to Explore and Evaluate Medical Professionalism," an essay which includes "the Elements of Genres of Narrative" (Chapter 3) Appendix 6: Ronald Schleifer and Jerry Vannatta, "Teaching Hemingway to Medical Students" (Chapter 5).