Kaja Finkler

Physicians At Work, Patients In Pain

Biomedical Practice And Patient Response In Mexico

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This ethnographic study offers a detailed picture of how modern biomedicine is altered when practised in a developing country. Addressing the question of therapeutic outcome, Dr Finkler examines various aspects of biomedicine that influence patient response.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 273
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780367298364
• ISBN-10: 0367298368
• Artikelnr.: 62355164

Autorenporträt

Kaja Finkler is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
The Setting
The Mexican Context
Sickness: A Mexican View
Health Care Delivery in Mexico
Biomedical Practice in Mexico
History of Medicine in Mexico
Biomedical Beliefs and Practices
Variations in Biomedical Beliefs and Practices
The Medical Consultation
Patients' Responses to Biomedical Practice
Patients and Their Complaints
Patient
Perceived Therapeutic Outcomes: An Aggregate Analysis
Patient
Perceived Therapeutic Outcomes: A Phenomenological Perspective
Two Systems of Healing
A Comparison Between Sacred Healing and Biomedicine
Conclusion
Appendix
Physicians at Work, Patients in Pain