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25.07.2019 | Book Analyzes
Edgar N. Weaver, Jr.: Surgical care of the painful degenerative lumbar spine: evaluation, decision-making, techniques
Thieme Verlag, New York, Stuttgart, Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, 2018, 152 pp, 74 figs., Softcover, EUR (D) 49,99 EUR (A) 51,40 CHF 57,00, ISBN: 978-1-62623-806-0
verfasst von:
Pierre H. Kehr
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology
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Ausgabe 7/2019
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Excerpt
Sir William Osler’s sentence: “The good physician treats the disease. The great physician treats the patient who has the disease,” placed at the top of the introduction of the book announces from the outset the importance given by the author to the human relationship of the surgeon with his patient. The understanding of the experience of pain must be appreciated and placed in its emotional context, which can lead to a depressive state that will potentially interfere with our therapeutic decision. …