Sociomedical Perspectives on Patient Care /

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Social change has placed new demands on the practice of medicine, altering almost every aspect of patient care relationships. Just as medicine was encouraged to embrace the biological sciences some 100 years ago, recent directives indicate the importance of the social sciences in understanding biome...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Allman, Richard M., 1955- (Editor), Clair, Jeffrey M., 1958- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [1993]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Arzt
Soziologie
Medizinische Versorgung
Patient
Physician and patient.
Medical care > Psychological aspects.
Interpersonal communication.
Communication in medicine.
MEDICAL > Physician & Patient.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
Communication en medecine.
Communication interpersonnelle.
Relations medecin-patient.
Comprehensive Health Care > trends
Physicians > patient relations.
Physician-Patient Relations
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Social change has placed new demands on the practice of medicine, altering almost every aspect of patient care relationships. Just as medicine was encouraged to embrace the biological sciences some 100 years ago, recent directives indicate the importance of the social sciences in understanding biomedical practice. Humanistic challenges call for changes in curative and technological imperatives. In this book, social scientists contribute to such challenges by using social evidence to indicate appropriate new goals for health care in a changing environment.This book was designed to stimulate and.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813158433

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