"In his brief but distinguished life, Anton Chekhov was a doctor, a documentary essayist, an admired dramatist, and a humanitarian. He remains a nineteenth-century Russian literary giant whose prose continues to offer moral insight and to resonate with readers across the world. Chekhov experienced no conflict between art and science or art and medicine. He believed that knowledge of one complemented the other. Chekhov brought medical kno ..."
Primary Care(1st Edition) More Poems by Physicians by Angela Belli, JackCoulehan, John L. Coulehan Paperback, 152 Pages, Published 2006 by University Of Iowa Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58729-503-4, ISBN: 1-58729-503-2
"Medicine has always been an emotionally and spiritually challenging profession. Today, confronted with the rapid progress of technology, the shifting sands of health care economics, and glaring disparities in health care and human rights, physicians experience challenges that grow constantly more demanding. As a result, many doctors attempt to build into their lives opportunities for reflection and self-awareness. It is in this context ..."
The Wound Dresser(1st Edition) by JackCoulehan, John L. Coulehan Paperback, 126 Pages, Published 2016 by Jb Stillwater Publishing Company ISBN-13: 978-1-937240-73-8, ISBN: 1-937240-73-8
""The Wound Dresser," Jack Coulehan’s sixth collection of poems, explores the mysterious tension between tenderness and steadiness in medical practice. Surprised at his own conflicted feelings about his role as a physician, Coulehan seeks to emulate the tender care shown by Walt Whitman as he comforted wounded Civil War soldiers . In so doing, he discovers the healing power of human contact and engagement. With directness, passion, and o ..."
" Jack Coulehan’s latest collection of poems arises from the uncertainties, pain, and limitations of medical practice where moments of insight and joy are bursting with danger and music. ————— In pitch-perfect poems that see clearly the humanity behind a patient’s illness and actions, Coulehan investigates life’s essential minutiae—the observed moment, the healing gesture, the internal response. In poe ..."
"Blood and Bone: Poems by Physicians explores the profound connections between medicine and poetry through the eyes of contemporary physician-poets. These one hundred poems record instances of pain and recovery, joy and grief, humor and irony within the restricted society of caregivers and their patients."
"Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice. In "Health Humanities Reader," editors The ..."
Primary Care(1st Edition) More Poems by Physicians by Angela Belli, JackCoulehan, John L. Coulehan Hardcover, 152 Pages, Published 2006 by University Of Iowa Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58729-502-7, ISBN: 1-58729-502-4
"Medicine has always been an emotionally and spiritually challenging profession. Today, confronted with the rapid progress of technology, the shifting sands of health care economics, and glaring disparities in health care and human rights, physicians experience challenges that grow constantly more demanding. As a result, many doctors attempt to build into their lives opportunities for reflection and self-awareness. It is in this context ..."
"John L. Coulehan. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Jack Coulehan graduated from the
University of Pittsburgh Medical School and completed residencies in internal
medicine and public ... His most recent books are The Medical Interview:
Mastering Skills for Clinical Practice (Philadelphia, F.A. Davis, 2001), a popular
text on the ..."
First Photographs Of Heaven(1st Edition) by JackCoulehan Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 1994 by Nightshade Press ISBN-13: 978-1-879205-49-9, ISBN: 1-879205-49-1
"Jack Coulehan, M.D., is one of the leading physician-poets of the late 20th Century. In this full-length collection of narrative poems he captures snapshots of both physicians and patients, both historical and present day. Provides new insights into the practice of medicine at "heart-level". A great addition to any library of medicine and the humanities."
"Jack Coulehan, M.D., is one of the leading physician-poets of the late 20th Century. In this hand-sewn chapbook collection of narrative poems he captures snapshots of both physicians and patients, providing new insights into the practice of medicine at "heart-level". A great addition to any library of medicine and the humanities."
Blood and Bone Poems by Physicians by Angela Belli, JackCoulehan Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 1998 by Univ Of Iowa Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-87745-637-7, ISBN: 0-87745-637-2
The Talking Cure New and Selected Poems by Coulehan, Jack Paperback, 214 Pages, Published 2020 by Plain View Press ISBN-13: 978-1-63210-078-8, ISBN: 1-63210-078-9
"Here are poems that will stay with you, poems of courage, poems of value to you. Dr. Coulehan gives us the best words in the best order. You can't do better than that."
"Poems in this collection are by students, health care practitioners, educators, patients, and their families. They capture unique experiences and perspectives; they speak of vulnerability and ambivalence, insight and epiphany."
"In Health Humanities Reader, editors Therese Jones, Delese Wear, and Lester D. Friedman have assembled fifty-four leading scholars, educators, artists, and clinicians to survey the rich body of work that has already emerged from the ..."
"Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice. In "Health Humanities Reader," editors The ..."
"'Today, there exists a robust body of work connecting narrative theory and practice with medical theory, practice, teaching, and research. Taken together, what is particularly interesting about these works is that they portray narrative healthcare as both a philosophy of care and a set of skills - ' John D Engel, Lura L Pethtel and Joseph Zarconi, in the Preface This inspiring collection of narrative portraits details the career paths ..."
Literature and Medicine Ser. Chekhov's Doctors : A Collection of Chekhov's Medical Tales by JackCoulehan Published 2003 ISBN-13: 978-1-61277-377-3, ISBN: 1-61277-377-X
"Jack Coulehan's poems are full of voices: voices of the patient, insistent, quirky, and wise; voices of the ever-new world, from Kosovo to Ohio; voices of mentors from Chekov to Keats.
Within this book, the reader will find heartbreak tempered by humour and love: read 'Lovesickness: A Medieval Text' or "The Doctor's Wife' To see what I mean.
These are poems of a past - and present - master.
-- John Stone MD, Where Water Begins: New P ..."