Dr. Golem : how to think about medicine /

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A creature of Jewish mythology, a golem is an animated being made by man from clay and water who knows neither his own strength nor the extent of his ignorance. Like science and technology, the subjects of Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch's previous volumes, medicine is also a golem, and this Dr....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Collins, H. M. (Harry M.), 1943-
Otros Autores: Pinch, Trevor, 1952-2021
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Medicine, Popular.
Medicine > Philosophy.
Social medicine.
Medical care.
Physician and patient.
Sociology, Medical
Philosophy, Medical
Community Participation
Delivery of Health Care
Physician-Patient Relations
Patient Care
Médecine > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Médecine > Philosophie.
Sociologie médicale.
Prestation de soins.
Relations médecin-patient.
Soins médicaux.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
Social medicine
Physician and patient
Medical care
Medicine > Philosophy
Medicine, Popular
Medizin
Wissenschaftsentwicklung
Kritik
Kwakzalverij.
Wetenschap.
Beperkingen.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Medicine as science and medicine as succor
  • The hole in the heart of medicine: the placebo effect
  • Faking it for real: bogus doctors
  • Tonsils: diagnosing and dealing with uncertainty
  • Alternative medicine: the cases of vitamin C and cancer
  • Yuppie flu, fibromyalgia, and other contested diseases
  • Defying death: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
  • The AIDS activists
  • Vaccination and parents' rights: measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), and pertussis
  • Conclusion: the themes revisited.

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