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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... least in New York City and California , to talk about their homeo- pathic or herbal remedies or their appointments with their acupuncturist . Women with breast cancer in the United States , at least those living in some areas , now have ...
... least in New York City and California , to talk about their homeo- pathic or herbal remedies or their appointments with their acupuncturist . Women with breast cancer in the United States , at least those living in some areas , now have ...
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... least two of the drugs used were killing patients , the British didn't have to change their practice as a result of the study because they hadn't been treating as such this particular group of patients . When an Ameri- can study ...
... least two of the drugs used were killing patients , the British didn't have to change their practice as a result of the study because they hadn't been treating as such this particular group of patients . When an Ameri- can study ...
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... least as high as in women of comparable risk who are not . After a Canadian study showed that the death rate might even be higher in young women who were screened , the Na- tional Cancer Institute dropped its recommendation that women ...
... least as high as in women of comparable risk who are not . After a Canadian study showed that the death rate might even be higher in young women who were screened , the Na- tional Cancer Institute dropped its recommendation that women ...
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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.