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 xiii
... showed that about one - third of U.S. residents reached by telephone had used some form of alternative medicine during the preceding twelve months , this figure included those who had used relaxation or massage therapies or who had ...
... showed that about one - third of U.S. residents reached by telephone had used some form of alternative medicine during the preceding twelve months , this figure included those who had used relaxation or massage therapies or who had ...
Page xv
... showed how great this divide really was . British , Canadian , and 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 ...
... showed how great this divide really was . British , Canadian , and 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 ...
Page xvi
... showed improvement in their T - cell counts , American doctors claimed that all patients with AIDS should be treated with AZT . The British demurred , waiting for an endpoint more significant than improved blood counts , and when the ...
... showed improvement in their T - cell counts , American doctors claimed that all patients with AIDS should be treated with AZT . The British demurred , waiting for an endpoint more significant than improved blood counts , and when the ...
Page xvii
... showed that French doctors are less afraid of treating people with AIDS than are Canadian and American doctors , perhaps partly due to the fact that they aren't as afraid of catching the virus in the course of general medical care , and ...
... showed that French doctors are less afraid of treating people with AIDS than are Canadian and American doctors , perhaps partly due to the fact that they aren't as afraid of catching the virus in the course of general medical care , and ...
Page xix
... 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 under fifty have regular mammograms . This caused an intense outcry : a ...
... 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 under fifty have regular mammograms . This caused an intense outcry : a ...
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.