Doctors and Their Patients

A Social History
1. Auflage 1991
ISBN: 978-0-88738-871-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

With every passing year, the mutual mistrust between doctor and patient widens, as doctors retreat into resentment and patients become increasingly disillusioned with the quality of care. Rich in anecdote as well as science 'Doctors and Their Patients' describes how both have arrived at this sad shape.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shorter, Edward

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Krankenhausmanagement, Praxismanagement
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES, LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES, INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION, PREFACE, CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER TWO: THE TRADITIONAL DOCTOR, CHAPTER THREE: THE TRADITIONAL PATIENT, CHAPTER FOUR: THE RISE OF THE MODERN DOCTOR, CHAPTER FIVE: THE MAKING OF THE MODERN PATIENT, CHAPTER SIX: DISEASE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ORIGIN, CHAPTER SEVEN: THE POSTMODERN DOCTOR, CHAPTER EIGHT: THE POSTMODERN PATIENT, CHAPTER NINE: PSYCHOLOGICAL DISEASE AND POSTMODERN MEDICINE, NOTES, SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING, INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Edward Shorter