Katherine A. Foss

Television and Health Responsibility in an Age of Individualism

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines entertainment and health responsibility in the United States. Through the analysis of contemporary television medical dramas, Foss explores how media texts shape and perpetuate ideologies that encourage resistance to healthcare reform that shifts responsibility from individuals to government and other institutions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780739189931
• ISBN-10: 073918993X
• Artikelnr.: 41246446

Autorenporträt

Katherine A. Foss is Professor of Journalism and Strategic Media at Middle Tennessee State University and has spent the last 11 years advising graduate students. She is the author of Beyond Princess Culture: Gender and Children's Marketing (2019, Peter Lang Publishing) and Demystifying the Big House: Exploring Prison Experience and Media Representations (2018, Southern Illinois Press University).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: The Suspension of Disbelief and Medical Drama Chapter 1: The
Health Responsibility Paradox and Televised Medical Dramas Chapter 2: The
Doctor as Reaper, Hero, and Flawed Professional: Early American Medicine
and its Shifting Representations Chapter 3: "I have my hand on a bomb. I'm
freaking out. And most importantly, I really have to pee.": American Health
Care, 1970s-2000s and its Flawed Heroes Chapter 4: "When we make mistakes,
people die!" (Or do they?): TV Medical Errors and the Code of Silence
Chapter 5: "If you had only. . .": "Preventable" Conditions and Patient
Responsibility Chapter 6: "But Dr., I read online that. . .": Patient
Responsibility for "Non-preventable" Conditions Chapter 7: Beyond Medical
Dramas: Connecting Media to Contemporary Health Care