Imber Trusting Doctors

The Decline of Moral Authority in American Medicine
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2889-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Imber, Jonathan B.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: A Sociological Perspective xi

Introduction xvii

Part One: Religious Foundations of Trust in Medicine

Chapter 1: Protestantism, Piety, and Professionalism 3

Chapter 2: The Infl uence of Catholic Perspectives 22

Chapter 3: The Scientifi c Challenge to Faith 43

Chapter 4: Public Health, Public Trust, and the Professionalization of Medicine 65

Part Two: Beyond the Golden Age of Trust in Medicine

Chapter 5: The Growth of Popular Distrust in Medicine 107

Chapter 6: The Evolution of Bioethics 130

Chapter 7: Anxiety in the Age of Epidemiology 144

Chapter 8: Trust and Mortality 167

Acknowledgments 197

Appendix 1: Extant Addresses, Sermons, and Eulogies by Clergymen 201

Appendix 2: Philadelphia Medical Sermons 208

Appendix 3: Long Island College Hospital Commencements, 1860-1899 210

Notes 213

Index 265

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan B. Imber is the Class of 1949 Professor in Ethics and professor of sociology at Wellesley College. He is the author of Abortion and the Private Practice of Medicine.