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 ix
... 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 ...
... 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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... science base of clinical medicine , to help ensure that medicine does more good than harm to patients . But the way these particular changes have occurred only un- derscores the important role that national cultures play in medi- cal ...
... science base of clinical medicine , to help ensure that medicine does more good than harm to patients . But the way these particular changes have occurred only un- derscores the important role that national cultures play in medi- cal ...
Page xviii
... science about what a map of the world would look like if colored according to the number of randomized , controlled clinical trials carried out in individual countries . In his classic 1971 book Effectiveness and Efficiency , Dr ...
... science about what a map of the world would look like if colored according to the number of randomized , controlled clinical trials carried out in individual countries . In his classic 1971 book Effectiveness and Efficiency , Dr ...
Page xix
... science of clinical trials has advanced , whether the science ultimately gets translated into patient care is another matter entirely . Nowhere is this more evident than in the recom- mendations concerning the age at which regular ...
... science of clinical trials has advanced , whether the science ultimately gets translated into patient care is another matter entirely . Nowhere is this more evident than in the recom- mendations concerning the age at which regular ...
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... science , that is , on objective evidence that the intervention would do the patient more good than harm . Dr. White thinks that today the situation is slightly better , and he would hazard that the overall figure might be 20 to 25 ...
... science , that is , on objective evidence that the intervention would do the patient more good than harm . Dr. White thinks that today the situation is slightly better , and he would hazard that the overall figure might be 20 to 25 ...
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.