Doctors' Work

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When Canadian photographerTed Grant underwent surgery, it was an experience that changed his perspective on the practice of medicine. "As I looked up at my doctor and started to sink under the anaesthetic, I kept thinking what a great shot this would make," Grant says. Since then, Grant has spent countless hours with his camera photographing medical professionals in operating rooms and on hospitál wards. In classic black and white he captures the compassion, the precision and the challenge of their daily lives. A moment of silent communication when the physician takes a patient's hand; the complexity of the modern operating room; the physical acumen and intense concentration required in an operation; and the dedication, humility and love of humanity-the elements that make medicine a very humán science-are richly portrayed in this book. As a prelude to Grant's photographs, there is a profilé of Sir William Osler, the nineteenth century Canadian physician, scholar and teacher who took... Tovább

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When Canadian photographerTed Grant underwent surgery, it was an experience that changed his perspective on the practice of medicine. "As I looked up at my doctor and started to sink under the anaesthetic, I kept thinking what a great shot this would make," Grant says. Since then, Grant has spent countless hours with his camera photographing medical professionals in operating rooms and on hospitál wards. In classic black and white he captures the compassion, the precision and the challenge of their daily lives. A moment of silent communication when the physician takes a patient's hand; the complexity of the modern operating room; the physical acumen and intense concentration required in an operation; and the dedication, humility and love of humanity-the elements that make medicine a very humán science-are richly portrayed in this book. As a prelude to Grant's photographs, there is a profilé of Sir William Osler, the nineteenth century Canadian physician, scholar and teacher who took his medical students out of the classroom and taught them at the bedside. Dr. Douglas Waugh leads us through Osler's life and recounts the story of how this great medical innovator changed the face of modern medicine. Quotes, many taken from Oslers books and lectures, accompany Grant's stunning photographs and give a fascinating personal insight into the world of medicine. Vissza