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 vii
... skeptical " How do they know that ? " It is also dedicated to my father , whose French ancestry may explain his proclivity to halve the doses of medicine prescribed for him . Contents Foreword to the Owl Books Edition : The More.
... skeptical " How do they know that ? " It is also dedicated to my father , whose French ancestry may explain his proclivity to halve the doses of medicine prescribed for him . Contents Foreword to the Owl Books Edition : The More.
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... prescribed a little bit of wine for their health ( why does no one say for their enjoyment ? ) , preg- nant women , or even women of childbearing age , are told they should not drink at all , despite the fact that there's little evi ...
... prescribed a little bit of wine for their health ( why does no one say for their enjoyment ? ) , preg- nant women , or even women of childbearing age , are told they should not drink at all , despite the fact that there's little evi ...
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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.