The Last Family Doctor: Remembering My Fathers Medicine

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Thanks for this blog—a necessary remedy! Medical students are swamped by over-specialized fragments of knowledge, becoming experts on fractions and forgetting whole numbers.

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Even more surprising is the ignorance of so many psychoanalysts and psychotherapists about the history of their concepts. Came here via the intro on the CMH blog and loving it! Would love to read and learn more in the days to come.

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Maybe indulge in my fascination with the history of medicine as well! Thanks for writing such an impeccably researched blog.

Five years on… and I am still coming back. Just noticed my previous comment here and thought of letting you know that I have been hooked to your blog for a while now! Medicine, Health, and History: Introducing a new medical humanities blog by Paul E. Stepansky Centre for Medical Humanities. This portrait of Dr. The Last Family Doctor deserves a wide audience of professional and lay readers alike.

Stepansky, with an Afterword by David W.

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About Paul Stepansky

The Trouble with Psychiatry" "A unique and compelling account of mid-twentieth century American medical practice. Paul Stepansky's portrait of his father reminds us of the hurdles in the path of immigrants and minorities of the post-war era who wished to study medicine and the triumphs of one who not only persisted, but also set a standard for medical practice that has all but disappeared in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. This book deserves a wide audience of professional and lay readers alike.

Beginning in , he provided all that scientific medicine had to offer the small rural communities he served in southeastern Pennsylvania. And he did so with an embracing humanity, an ability to contain the pain, suffering, and anxious concern of others that is integral to the all but lost art of medicine. The "making of a doctor," as recorded herein, traverses topics far removed from the life experience of contemporary physicians: