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2nd Edition

Challenging Medicine

Edited By David Kelleher, Jonathan Gabe, Gareth Williams Copyright 2006
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge
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This highly topical and controversial book presents a lively re-appraisal of the current changes to the health service and analyzes their effects on the status and practice of health professionals. Modern medicine is a powerful institution. With the help of highly-developed drugs and surgical techniques, it promises to relieve suffering, improve the quality of life and extend the life-span.... Read more

Notes on Contributors  Preface  Understanding Medical Dominance in the Modern World  1. From Tribalism to Corporatism: The Continuing Managerial Challenge to Medical Dominance  2. The Challenge of Nursing  3. Litigation and the Threat to Medicine  4. Television and Medicine: Medical Dominance or Trial by Media?  5. The Alternatives to Medicine  6. Self-help Groups and Their Relationship to Medicine  7. Lay Knowledge and the Privilege of Experience  8. Sex, Gender and Medicine: The Case of the NHS  9. Attacking the Foundations of Modern Medicine? Anti-Vivisection Protest and Medical Science  Index

Biography

Kelleher, David; Gabe, Jonathan; Williams, Gareth

Praise for the first edition:

'Especially refreshing to see theory interwoven with empirical work.' - The Lancet

'Essential and topical resource...comprehensive appraisal of the role of the medical profession in late twentieth century health care.'  - Ray Fitzpatrick, Nuffield College, Oxford

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