
Doctors and Their Patients
A Social History
Edward Shorter(Author)
Transaction Publishers
1st Edition
Published on 30. January 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
316 pages
978-0-88738-871-2 (ISBN)
Description
With every passing year, the mutual mistrust between doctor and patient widens, as doctors retreat into resentment and patients become increasingly disillusioned with the quality of care. Rich in anecdote as well as science 'Doctors and Their Patients' describes how both have arrived at this sad shape.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Somerset
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88738-871-2 (9780887388712)
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Person
Edward Shorter
Content
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES, LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES, INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION, PREFACE, CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER TWO: THE TRADITIONAL DOCTOR, CHAPTER THREE: THE TRADITIONAL PATIENT, CHAPTER FOUR: THE RISE OF THE MODERN DOCTOR, CHAPTER FIVE: THE MAKING OF THE MODERN PATIENT, CHAPTER SIX: DISEASE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ORIGIN, CHAPTER SEVEN: THE POSTMODERN DOCTOR, CHAPTER EIGHT: THE POSTMODERN PATIENT, CHAPTER NINE: PSYCHOLOGICAL DISEASE AND POSTMODERN MEDICINE, NOTES, SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING, INDEX