The Second Sickness: Contradictions of Capitalist Health CareRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000 M02 9 - 256 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 decisionmaking. 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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Contradictions of Capitalist Health Care Howard Waitzkin. To Abe Waitzkin— housepainter , trade unionist , poker player , cancer victim , socialist And as a doctor I suffered from two very difficult Dedication.
Contradictions of Capitalist Health Care Howard Waitzkin. To Abe Waitzkin— housepainter , trade unionist , poker player , cancer victim , socialist And as a doctor I suffered from two very difficult Dedication.
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... doctor . It was much worse than tuberculosis . It wasn't like curing an infection . I couldn't get rid of it by drugs . And many of the things I saw as a doctor only made it worse . . . . But there came a time when I no longer gave in ...
... doctor . It was much worse than tuberculosis . It wasn't like curing an infection . I couldn't get rid of it by drugs . And many of the things I saw as a doctor only made it worse . . . . But there came a time when I no longer gave in ...
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... Doctor - Patient Relationship 119 PART THREE : Policy , Practice , and Social Change Chapter 7. Medicine and Social Change : Lessons from Chile and Cuba Chapter 8. Conclusion : Health Praxis , Reform , and Political Struggle 165 189 ...
... Doctor - Patient Relationship 119 PART THREE : Policy , Practice , and Social Change Chapter 7. Medicine and Social Change : Lessons from Chile and Cuba Chapter 8. Conclusion : Health Praxis , Reform , and Political Struggle 165 189 ...
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... doctor - patient relationship , analyzed in part two , have remained crucial for an ade- quate understanding of contemporary health care . Most important , although changing political conditions have required some modifications in part ...
... doctor - patient relationship , analyzed in part two , have remained crucial for an ade- quate understanding of contemporary health care . Most important , although changing political conditions have required some modifications in part ...
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