{"product_id":"9781501338175","title":"Doctor (Object Lessons)","description":"\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA 3-year-old asks her physician father about his job, and his inability to provide a succinct and accurate answer inspires a critical look at the profession of modern medicine. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn sorting through how patients, insurance companies, advertising agencies, filmmakers, and comedians misconstrue a doctor's role, Andrew Bomback, M.D., realizes that even doctors struggle to define their profession. As the author attempts to unravel how much of doctoring is role-playing, artifice, and bluffing, he examines the career of his father, a legendary pediatrician on the verge of retirement, and the health of his infant son, who is suffering from a vague assortment of gastrointestinal symptoms. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt turns serious, comedic, analytical, and confessional, Doctor offers an unflinching look at what it means to be a physician today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52927431115061,"sku":"EB_KG0400_J12-05_DUBAI","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9781501338175-1.jpg?v=1789405634","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/ar\/products\/9781501338175","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}