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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Lynn Payer. Medicine Culture Varieties of Treatment in the United States , England , West Germany , and France Lynn Payer An Owl Book Henry Holt and Company New York E Henry Holt and Company , LLC Publishers since 1866.
Lynn Payer. Medicine Culture Varieties of Treatment in the United States , England , West Germany , and France Lynn Payer An Owl Book Henry Holt and Company New York E Henry Holt and Company , LLC Publishers since 1866.
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... France / Lynn Payer . - 1st Owl Books ed . p . cm . " An Owl book . " " First published in hardcover in 1988 by Henry Holt and Company " -CIP t.p. verso . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 0-8050-4803-0 1. Social ...
... France / Lynn Payer . - 1st Owl Books ed . p . cm . " An Owl book . " " First published in hardcover in 1988 by Henry Holt and Company " -CIP t.p. verso . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 0-8050-4803-0 1. Social ...
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... 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 Plus Ça ...
... 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 Plus Ça ...
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... France , by contrast , 36 percent of the population reported using homeopathy in 1992 , up from 16 percent in 1982 . Women found to have breast cancer in the United States may now be offered a lumpectomy , depending on where they live ...
... France , by contrast , 36 percent of the population reported using homeopathy in 1992 , up from 16 percent in 1982 . Women found to have breast cancer in the United States may now be offered a lumpectomy , depending on where they live ...
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... France , and the United States , " Jour- nal of the American Medical Association 268 ( July 22/29 , 1992 ) : 510-15 . xvii But while AIDS : " Flesh - Eating Virus Invades the U.S .: No American Is Safe , Says Centers for Disease Control ...
... France , and the United States , " Jour- nal of the American Medical Association 268 ( July 22/29 , 1992 ) : 510-15 . xvii But while AIDS : " Flesh - Eating Virus Invades the U.S .: No American Is Safe , Says Centers for Disease Control ...
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.