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The ethos of medicine in postmodern America : philosophical, cultural, and social considerations /

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". The p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eiser, Arnold R., 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The ethos of medical practice in the age of computerized technology
  • On the nature of medical knowledge : evidence-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 and 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 twenty-first century.