Medicine and CultureMacmillan, 1996 M11 15 - 204 pages 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. |
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Page xiv
... American reporters responded by showing their bias for studies performed in the United States . Even if the ... Americans are now prescribed a little bit of wine for their health ( why does no one say for their enjoyment ? ) , preg- nant ...
... American reporters responded by showing their bias for studies performed in the United States . Even if the ... Americans are now prescribed a little bit of wine for their health ( why does no one say for their enjoyment ? ) , preg- nant ...
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... American specialists in genitourinary oncology were asked how they personally would want to be treated if they had certain cancers . For locally advanced bladder cancer , 92 percent of American and Canadian specialists wanted radical ...
... American specialists in genitourinary oncology were asked how they personally would want to be treated if they had certain cancers . For locally advanced bladder cancer , 92 percent of American and Canadian specialists wanted radical ...
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... American doctors began treating mild cardiac arrythmias with anti - arrythmic drugs until a study found that at least two of the drugs used were killing patients , the British didn't have to change their practice as a result of the ...
... American doctors began treating mild cardiac arrythmias with anti - arrythmic drugs until a study found that at least two of the drugs used were killing patients , the British didn't have to change their practice as a result of the ...
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... Americans have begun to take tonics and immune system stimulants just as Europeans have done for years . Interestingly , one study showed that French doctors are less afraid of treating people with AIDS than are Canadian and American ...
... Americans have begun to take tonics and immune system stimulants just as Europeans have done for years . Interestingly , one study showed that French doctors are less afraid of treating people with AIDS than are Canadian and American ...
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... American researchers found that American patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome had an abnormal blood pressure response when they were turned upside down , another piece of the puzzle indicating that the Ger- man explanation ...
... American researchers found that American patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome had an abnormal blood pressure response when they were turned upside down , another piece of the puzzle indicating that the Ger- man explanation ...
Contents
Is Medicine International? | 15 |
Culture Bias in Medical Science | 23 |
France Cartesian Thinking and the Terrain | 35 |
West Germany The Lingering Influences of Romanticism | 74 |
Great Britain Economy Empiricism and Keeping the Upper Lip Stiff | 101 |
United States The Virus in the Machine | 124 |
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Page xxiii - ... percent of all contemporary clinical interventions are supported by objective scientific evidence that they do more good than harm. On the other hand, between 40 and 60 percent of all therapeutic benefits can be attributed to a combination of the placebo and Hawthorne effects, two code words for caring and concern, or what most people call "love.