“Fire Bad, Water Good”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17826487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas S Frentz (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-56 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Departures in Critical Qualitative Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2333-9489 • E-ISSN: 2333-9497 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/dcqr.2015.4.1.35 |
| OpenAlex | W2236512145 |
| Language | EN |
This is the story of my three-year odyssey trying to diagnose and treat an ever-increasing neck pain. It begins with a mistake, moves through a year in a pain management clinic, tells of a cancer scare, chronicles visits with a world-renowned neurosurgeon who advises me against having done what he does, and concludes with a rheumatologist who gives me both good advice and some relief. I then reflect on some lessons I learned along the way
General surgery · Mistake · Neurosurgery · Political science · Psychiatry · Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills · Empathy and Medical Education · History · Innovations in Medical Education · Law · Medicine · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |