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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Goldman, Brian.     Subjects     Medicine -- Terminology.     Medicine -- Jargon.     Medical care -- Terminology.     Medical care -- Jargon.     Communication in medicine.     Emergency medicine -- Anecdotes.     Hospital care -- Anecdotes.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Goldman, Brian.       by title:      The secret language ...       by call number:      610.14 G619s     Search the Web     Goldman, Brian.     Medicine -- Terminology.     Medicine -- Jargon.     Medical care -- Terminology.     Medical care -- Jargon.     Communication in medicine.     Emergency medicine -- Anecdotes.     Hospital care -- Anecdotes.       MARC Display

The secret language of doctors / Dr. Brian Goldman. by Goldman, Brian. HarperCollins Canada, 2014. Call #: 610.14 G619s Subjects Medicine -- Terminology.   Medicine -- Jargon.   Medical care -- Terminology.   Medical care -- Jargon.   Communication in medicine.   Emergency medicine -- Anecdotes.   Hospital care -- Anecdotes. ISBN:  9781443416016 (hc.) Description:  350 p. ; 24 cm. Summary:  "Have you ever wondered what doctors and nurses are really saying as they zip through the emergency room and onto elevators, throwing cryptic phrases at one another? Or why they do it? Do you guess at the codes broadcast over the loudspeaker, or the words doctors and nurses use when speaking right in front of patients? The clandestine phrases doctors use to describe patients, situations and even colleagues they detest. What it means for someone to suffer from incarceritis, what doctors mean when they block and turf, what the various codes mean, and why you never want to suffer a horrendoma. Highly accessible, biting, funny and entertaining, The Secret Language of Doctors reveals modern medical culture at its best and all too often at its worst. Dr. Brian Goldman is an emergency physician at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital, and he is host of the program 'White Coat, Black Art,' which airs on CBC RadioOne. He lives in Toronto"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 610.14 G619s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Bedford Public Library Adult Nonfiction 610.14 G619s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 610.14 G619s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 610.14 G619s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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