Description |
xvi, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
pt. 1. The micropolitics of medicine -- 1. Introduction: how patients and doctors deal with social problems -- 2. Theoretical approaches to medical encounters -- 3. A critical theory of medical discourse -- 4. On method -- pt. 2. How medicine mediates social problems -- 5. Men, work and the family -- 6. Women, work, and the family -- 7. Aging -- 8. Self-destructive behavior and other vices -- 9. Troublesome emotions -- 10. The negative case: non-problematic encounters -- pt. 3. Medical micropolitics and social change -- 11. Changing discourse, changing context |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-304) and index |
Subject |
Physician and patient.
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Social medicine.
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LC no. |
90045611 |
ISBN |
0300049498 (alk. paper) |
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0300055110 (paperback) |
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