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Read
the transcript
of Andrew
Holtz's online chat with the House_MD
Yahoo Group. There is also a Q&A on the HouseMD-Guide
web site.
The
Medical
Science of House, M.D.
The
facts behind
the hit medical drama starring Hugh Laurie.
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Request
an appearance by
Andrew Holtz
Week
after week, House, M.D. has held
viewers' attention with
brilliant cast performances and intriguing diagnostic mysteries often
solved with
daring treatments. But how much of the medical detail is real and how
much
is fabricated?
In The Medical Science of House, M.D.,
Andrew Holtz, a
well-known medical journalist, reveals how medical detectives work -
how
they follow symptoms to their source.
He examines cases on the show and provides answers to such questions
as:
- How
can a
teenager adopted at birth nearly die because his biological mother
didn't get a
vaccine?
- How
can a
husband's faith in his wife's fidelity determine whether radical
treatment will cure her or kill her?
- How
can a missed
eye-doctor appointment reveal a genetic disease?
- How
can doctors
choose the right course for a pregnant woman when one may kill her and
the other would abort her fetus?
The
Medical Science of
House, M.D.
also delves
into the character of Dr. House
and the hospital backdrop of the show.
- Would
you want
House to treat you or a loved one?
- What
would happen
to a doctor like House in a real hospital?
- Where
are all the
nurses, lab techs, and radiologists?
- What
could
medicine learn from the airlines?
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To request
an appearance by Andrew Holtz
please
contact
Berkley Books (a division of Penguin):
Fax#:
212/366-2385,
Attn: Author Appearance Request
or
contactMary Ann Zissimos,
PublicistPenguin Group (USA)
PH: 212.366.2737
maryann.zissimos@us.penguingroup.com
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Introduction:
Tracking
Zebras.............................……………
1: “Doc, I Don’t Feel So Good.”……………………………...
The presentation of patients to
physicians. Most
complaints are common, but every now and then there is a ‘zebra’
lurking
in the exam room.
2: Poking and Probing ……………………………………….
The exam. The clues physicians look for.
3: Let’s Run Some Tests…………………………………….
The tests and devices used to peer
inside patients.
4: Is There a Computer in the House?……………………
There is just too much information for
any physician
to know everything and too little time to manually sort through all the
data produced by labs and scanners.
5: The Whiteboard…………………………………………….
Twins of House’s precious Whiteboard are
in every
hospital, full of scribbles listing patient symptoms, likely causes and
unlikely, but possible, alternatives.
6: Let’s Make You Better……………………………………
Choosing the right treatment to fit the
disease.
Complete cure may be elusive and the options aren’t always ideal.
7: Bedside Manner……………………………………………
House tries to avoid patients, but
understanding
the patient as a whole person, not just a list of symptoms, is central
to complete medical care. House’s reliance on powerful pain killers
raises
questions… as does his sense of ethics.
8: No Doctor is an Island……………………………………
Physicians are just one part of teams of
health care
professionals. Hospitals are communities with hierarchies and cultures,
governed by rules and regulations, and monitored by professional groups
and government.
Epilogue………………………………………………………
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