Medicine and culture : varieties of treatment in the United States, England, West Germany, and France
"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. The United States, England, Germany, and France have equivalent life expectancy rates, yet medical treatment differs enormously from country to country." "A new foreword by the author examines the trend toward evidence-based medicine and addresses the substantial changes in medical culture since 1988, including the proliferation of alternative medicine and the changing face of medicine in the European Community since the fall of Communism."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, 1996
First Owl book ed View all formats and editions
Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1996
xxvi, 204 pages ; 22 cm
9780805048032, 0805048030
35151153
Foreword to the Owl Books edition : the more things change ..
Foreword / Kerr L. White, M.D
Is medicine international?
Culture bias in medical science
France : Cartesian thinking and the terrain
West Germany : the lingering influences of romanticism
Great Britain : economy, empiricism, and keeping the upper lip stiff
United States : the virus in the machine
Plus Ça change ..
"An Owl book."
"First published in hardcover in 1988 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc"--Title page verso