Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface ix
4. Back Pain 1
5. It’s a Small World 9
6. Everything Really Can Go Wrong in the Hospital 17
7. Friday Night at Five 27
8. Learning from the Patient 35
9. Explosive Illnesses Do Not Respond to Homeopathy 45
10. Sometimes, All We Get Is Close 55
11. Thinking Can Sometimes Make a Difference 61
12. The CPC 71
13. Let the Facts Speak for Themselves 81
14. Cough 93
15. Great Imitators, Part 1 101
16. Great Imitators, Part 2 109
17. Moonlighting 119
18. Playing the Ponies 127
19. Who’s the Greatest of Them All? 139
20. Making a List and Checking It Twice 145
21. POEMS 153
22. Iron Man 163
23. An Octopus Pot, Voodoo, and Chang and Eng 169
24. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 175