“Kind-hearted geniuses who read”: Osteopathic physicians as authors of popular medical books
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Keywords

Medical publishing
Osteopathic medicine
medical humanities
history of osteopathy; osteopathic medical education

How to Cite

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Lipscombe T, Delmore C. “Kind-hearted geniuses who read”: Osteopathic physicians as authors of popular medical books. mir [Internet]. 24Oct.2024 [cited 9Nov.2024];31(122):28-3. Available from: https://interrev.com/mir/index.php/mir/article/view/220

Abstract

We study the authorship of medical books—published in the United States by scholarly presses—intended for a broad audience. While the proportion of practicing osteopathic physicians in the United States is 8.2% in general and 9.3% in primary-care specialties, we find that the number of popular medical books written by osteopathic physicians is far smaller. Consequently, the general public is not as well-exposed to the osteopathic philosophy of health and wellness as it could be.

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