1. Mind And Body
... the person were dead. " the living patient is often treated in a cadaverous or machine-like fashion- (page 121). When a person goes to see a doctor for a medical reason, the physical examination is similar to when a pathologist does an autopsy. "The patient is asked to assume a corpse- ... like pose, flat, passive, naked, mute- (page 121). Throughout the physical exam, the patient rarely talks because the physician is concentrating on listening for possible heart complications, problems with the lungs or feeling for abnormalities in ... emotions, desires, perceptions, interpretations. Th...
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- Grade Level: High School