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Modes of Medical Instruction : A Semiotic Comparison of Textbooks of Medicine and Popular Home Medical Books /

Kahn, Joan Y.

Modes of Medical Instruction : A Semiotic Comparison of Textbooks of Medicine and Popular Home Medical Books / Joan Y. Kahn. - Reprint 2019 - 1 online resource (XIX, 342 p.) : Num. tables - Approaches to Semiotics [AS] , 65 0066-5576 ; .

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- PART ONE. Books of Medical Instruction -- Section I. Introduction -- Section II. Eight Books of Medical Instruction -- PART TWO: A Semiotic Comparison of Textbooks of Medicine and Popular Home Medical Books -- Section I. Explanation of Technical Terms and Methods of Analysis -- Section II. Semiotic Analyses of the Segments -- PART THREE: Conclusions -- Section I. Differences in Form -- Section II. Differences in Contents -- PART FOUR: Appendices and Bibliography -- Appendix A. 'Genealogies' of Books of Medical Instruction -- Appendix B. Critical Reviews of Books of Medical Instruction -- Appendix C. Biographical Data on Editors or Authors of Books of Medical Instruction -- Appendix D. Other Books in Print by Editors or Authors of Books of Medical Instruction -- Appendix E. Osier's The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Some Historical Perspectives -- Appendix F. Key Headings in Two Books Devoted to the Topic of Diabetes Mellitus -- Appendix G. Communications from Textbook Editors -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9789027930705 9783110838602

10.1515/9783110838602 doi


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