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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154758303321

Titolo

Doctors, patients, and society : power and authority in medical care / / edited by Martin S. Staum and Donald E. Larsen ; essays by David J. Roy ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press for the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, c1981

ISBN

1-282-23309-2

9786613810830

0-88920-594-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StaumMartin S

LarsenDonald E

RoyDavid J

Disciplina

610.69/6

610.696

Soggetti

Physician and patient

Medical care

Power (Social sciences)

Medical care - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Papers presented at an interdisciplinary workshop held in Calgary, May 1980."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; EDITORS ' NOTE; INTRODUCTION; MORAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN MEDICAL AUTHORITY; HEALTH CULTURES IN CONFLICT; THE HEALTH CARE TEAM; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC POLICY; CONCLUSION

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a collection of papers presented at an interdisciplinary workshop at the Calgary Institute for the Humanities in May 1980. The three broad issues covered are: the physician-patient relationship, the allocation of responsibility among doctors and nurses, and the political and social framework of the health care system. The first set of essays is concerned with the moral and legal aspects of the physician-patient relationship. The link between knowledge and power is examined as



well as the moral dilemmas posed by medical technology. These initial essays would alone justify this publ