The Second Sickness: Contradictions of Capitalist Health CareRowman & Littlefield, 2000 - 238 pages Since the appearance of Waitzkin's The Second Sickness, a landmark book of the 1980s, American medicine has been dramatically transformed. Waitzkin's earlier edition used qualitative research to take readers inside the "black box" of medical decision making. This new, fully updated and expanded edition retains the earlier edition's vivid approach and adds timely analysis of how managed care and other economic and social forces influence medical practice today. |
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Contents
Health Care Social Contradictions and the Dilemmas of Reform | 3 |
Social Structures of Medical Oppression | 37 |
The Social Origins of Illness A Neglected History | 55 |
Technology Health Costs and the Structure of Private Profit | 77 |
Social Medicine and the Community | 97 |
The Micropolitics of the DoctorPatient Relationship | 119 |
Medicine and Social Change Lessons from Chile and Cuba | 165 |
Conclusion Health Praxis Reform and Political Struggle | 189 |
Notes | 209 |
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About the Author | |
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The Second Sickness: Contradictions of Capitalist Health Care Howard Waitzkin No preview available - 2000 |
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