| Description |
xxvi, 204 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword to the Owl Books Edition: The More Things Change ... -- Foreword / Kerr L. White -- Is Medicine International? -- Culture Bias in Medical Science -- France: Cartesian Thinking and the Terrain -- West Germany: The Lingering Influences of Romanticism -- Great Britain: Economy, Empiricism, and Keeping the Upper Lip Stiff -- United States: The Virus in the Machine -- Plus Ca Change |
| Summary |
A classic comparative study of medicine and national culture, Medicine and Culture shows us that while doctors regard themselves as servants of science, they are often prisoners of custom. The United States, England, Germany, and France have equivalent life expectancy rates, yet medical treatment differs enormously from country to country. A new foreword by the author examines the trend toward evidence-based medicine and addresses the substantial changes in medical culture since 1988, including the proliferation of alternative medicine and the changing face of medicine in the European Community since the fall of Communism |
| Notes |
"An Owl book." |
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"First published in hardcover in 1988 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc"--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social medicine -- Europe.
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Social medicine -- United States.
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Physician and patient -- Europe.
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Physician and patient -- United States.
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| LC no. |
96027481 |
| ISBN |
0805048030 alkaline paper |
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