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041			_aeng
082			_223 _a610.92 _bKEAM
100			_aB H Kean _99908
245			_aM D One Doctor's Adventures Among the Famous and Infamous from the Jungles of Panama to a Park Avenue Practice
260			_aNew York _bBallantine Books _c1990
300			_axiii,402 p. _bHB _c24x16 cm.
365			_b19.95 _c$ _d19.95
520			_aThis is a biographical narrative from a doctor whose expertise in parasitology led him to become a physician or a consulting physician to the rich and famous. The stories are fascinating. I was bothered by the author's arrogance at times, and his naïveté at other times. What disturbed me most, since I have come from a family of physicians and scientists, was the way the author revealed intimate details of his patients' lives, behavior, and personal medical histories for the sake of sensationalist writing. I can only assume the interesting characters revealed within are now deceased, making such tattletale accounts immune from lawsuit. The eminent Dr. Kean is also now sadly deceased, as well. I felt embarrassed for the patients, colorful as they might have been. But, the accounts were interesting. I think I was more fascinated by the parasitology than the famous and flamboyant characters so infected. But, that is just the scientist in me. Make sure you have not eaten before reading the one about the tapeworm in the uranium king
650			_aMedical Science _99909
650			_aPhysicians _99910
650			_aMedical Sleuthing _99911
700			_aKEAN (B H) _99912
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