ISBN:
0226113663
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 246 S.
,
graph. Darst.
DDC:
616/.001
Keywords:
Medicine, Popular
;
Medicine Philosophy
;
Sociology, Medical
;
Consumer Participation
;
Delivery of Health Care
;
Physician-Patient Relations
;
Kritik
;
Medizin
;
Wissenschaftsentwicklung
;
Kritik
;
Medizin
;
Wissenschaftsentwicklung
Abstract:
Medicine as science and medicine as succor -- The hole in the heart of medicine: the placebo effect -- Faking it for real: bogus doctors -- Tonsils: diagnosing and dealing with uncertainty -- Alternative medicine: the cases of vitamin C and cancer -- Yuppie flu, fibromyalgia, and other contested diseases -- Defying death: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) -- The AIDS activists -- Vaccination and parents' rights: measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), and pertussis -- Conclusion: the themes revisited
Description / Table of Contents:
Medicine as science and medicine as succor -- The hole in the heart of medicine: the placebo effect -- Faking it for real: bogus doctors -- Tonsils: diagnosing and dealing with uncertainty -- Alternative medicine: the cases of vitamin C and cancer -- Yuppie flu, fibromyalgia, and other contested diseases -- Defying death: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) -- The AIDS activists -- Vaccination and parents' rights: measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), and pertussis -- Conclusion: the themes revisited
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239) and index
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip056/2005001621.html
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0621/2005001621-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0621/2005001621-d.html
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