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Lädt ... Our Present Complaint: American Medicine, Then and Nowvon Charles E. Rosenberg
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This collection of essays from master historian of medicine Charles Rosenberg covers a broad range of topics, including reductionism in the diagnosis of disease, the challenge of chronic illness to traditional approaches to medicine, genetics, psychiatry, medical technology, bureaucracy, and the rise of bioethics and the history of medicine as a professional fields. But the book is unified by a concern to understand what the author sees as the fundamental paradox of modern medicine: that the increasing power of modern biomedicine to understand and intervene in basic pathological mechanisms has been accompanied by a growing disenchantment from both within the profession and from the general public. Rosenberg provides clear but never simplistic insights into the ongoing challenges medicine will face. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Charles E. Rosenberg, one of the world's most influential historians of medicine, presents a fascinating analysis of the current tensions in American medicine. Situating these tensions within their historical and social contexts, Rosenberg investigates the fundamental characteristics of medicine: how we think about disease, how the medical profession thinks about itself and its moral and intellectual responsibilities, and what prospective patients--all of us--expect from medicine and the medical profession. He explores the nature and definition of disease and how ideas of disease causation reflect social values and cultural negotiations. His analyses of alternative medicine and bioethics consider the historically specific ways in which we define and seek to control what is appropriately medical. At a time when clinical care and biomedical research generate as much angst as they offer cures, this volume provides valuable insight into how the practice of medicine has evolved, where it is going, and how lessons from history can improve its prognosis. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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