Contents / Come See

CONTENTS

Come and See: Reflections on Values and Caring in Medicine By Jerome W. Freeman

Subject Index of Value, Ethics and Caring Topics - vii
Introduction - 1x

On Hearing the Story: A Parable - 1
Confidentiality: Jaded Ideal or Relevant Aspiration - 5
Gaining Perspective - 9
Psychological Aspects of Ethical Decision Making - 13
On Families and Dementia - 15
Witness and Legacy - 19

Sequitur: Holocaust Exhibit and Dance

Therapeutic Interventions: What Really Works? - 23
Thoughtful Restraint - 27

Sequitur: Reflection on Restrains in the Nursing Home

The Trojan War, Humanities, and the Medical Student - 33
On Copying with Imperfections - 37
On Chance and Compromise - 41
New Horizons - 43
On-Call Perspective - 45

Sequitur: The Call and the Answer

The Mithradates Mandate: Know They Pharmacopoeia
On Computers, Waiting, and the Patient's Vulnerability - 55
On Consumption - 59
The Physician as a Role Model - 63
Proper Focus - 67

Sequitur: Panic Attack

On Ritual - 73
Illness and the Psyche - 77
On Presidents and Colleagues - 81
Memory, Transient Global Amnesia, and History Taking - 85
Understanding Each Other - 89
Reflections on Preserving the Passion - 91
Easing the Edges - 95
Literature and Medicine - 99
Fostering Humanism: Collaboration and Medical Ethics - 103
On Commencements - 107

Sequitur: At the Beginning