The ethos of medicine in postmodern America : philosophical, cultural, and social considerations / / Arnold R. Eiser

• Autore: Eiser Arnold R. <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.10973
• Soggetto topico: Health - Social aspects - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The ethos medical practice in age of computerized technology -- On the nature of medical knowledge : evidenced based medicine in postmodern America -- The culture of medical practice : corporate computerization versus the face of the other -- Practical and ethical concerns regarding aspects of quality improvement measures -- The uneven encounter between postmodern expectations & corporate control of medical practice -- Power and trust in the patient-physician relationship : postmodern values and the patient-centered medical home -- Medical education in postmodern America : a physician-in-training is a consumer too -- Medical professionalism : what does altruism have to do with it? -- The postmodern physician ethos and morale -- Bioethics in postmodern America -- Ethical medicine, performativity, and the Silicon cage -- Medical care embedded in American culture : repositioning the medical ethos for the 21st century -- Epilogue : ethos of medicine in postmodern America.
• Titolo autorizzato: The ethos of medicine in postmodern America
• ISBN: 1-4985-2097-9; 0-7391-8181-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791084403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II