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.]

• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press for the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, c1981
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (300 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.69/6; 610.696
• Soggetto topico: Physician and patient; Medical care; Power (Social sciences); Medical care - Canada
• Altri autori: StaumMartin S LarsenDonald E RoyDavid J
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Doctors, patients, and society
• ISBN: 1-282-23309-2; 9786613810830; 0-88920-594-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154758303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II