Arnold R. Eiser

The Ethos of Medicine in Postmodern America

Philosophical, Cultural, and Social Considerations

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Produktbeschreibung

The Ethos of Medicine in Postmodern America is an analysis of medical care, medical education, and medical professionalism with reference to the cultural touchstones of the postmodern era: consumerism, computerization, destruction of meta-narratives, and "stakeholder late capitalism."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 361g
• ISBN-13: 9781498520973
• ISBN-10: 1498520979
• Artikelnr.: 42573690

Autorenporträt

By Arnold R. Eiser

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Ethos of Medicine in Postmodern America Chapter 1: The
Ethos of Medical Practice in this Postmodern Age of Computerized
Consumerism Chapter 2: The Social Construction of Medical Knowledge Chapter
3: The Culture of Medical Practice: Corporate Computerization versus the
Face of the Other Chapter 4: Practical and Ethical Concerns Regarding
Aspects of Quality Improvement Processes Chapter 5: The Uneven Encounter
Between Postmodern Expectations and Corporate Control of Medical Practice
Chapter 6: Power and Trust in the Patient-Physician Relationship:
Postmodern Values and the Patient Centered Medical Home Chapter 7: Medical
Education in Postmodern Society Chapter 8: Medical Professionalism: What
Does Altruism Have to Do with It? Chapter 9: Postmodern Physician Ethos and
Morale Chapter 10: Bioethics in Postmodern America Chapter 11: The. Ethos
of Medicine, Peformativity, and the Silicon Cage Chapter 12: Medical Care
is Embedded in American Culture: Repositioning the Medical Ethos for the
21st Century Epilogue Bibliography