1st Edition
An Anthropology of Lying Information in the Doctor-Patient Relationship
By Sylvie Fainzang
Copyright 2015
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the era of health democracy, where a patient’s right to be informed is not only widely advocated but also guaranteed by law, what is the real situation regarding patient information? Do patients receive the information that they request with regard to their diagnosis, prognosis or treatments? And what information do patients themselves give to their doctors? Drawing on observational research in... Read more
Chapter 1 Towards a Sociology of the Total Organization; Chapter 2 Belonging to the Legion; Chapter 3 Formal Rank, Status, and the Strength of Many Ties; Chapter 4 Blending Relational Expectations; Chapter 5 Sources of Knowledge; Chapter 6 Enforcement and Exclusion; Chapter 7 The Dynamics of Organization, Institution, and Networks;
Biography
Sylvie Fainzang is Director of Research at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France and author of Of Malady and Misery; Médicaments et Société: Le patient, le médecin et l'ordonnance; and L'automédication ou les mirages de l'autonomie.
’In contemporary western societies, patients are considered as the legitimate decision-makers, providing they are given proper information. Sylvie Fainzang shows how this assessment of social reality is poor. Her book enlightens us on how lies are justified on behalf of the fear of lawsuits, non-maleficence, therapeutic strategy, uncertainty of knowledge, or unwillingness to visualize the disease’s consequences. It unambiguously demonstrates the impact of social inequalities in access to information and how, in medical settings, misunderstandings arise because of cognitive and experiential discrepancies.’ Marie Gaille, CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, France ’In medical care, informed consent is at the heart of practice. Through a nuanced exploration of information exchange between patients and doctors in France, Sylvie Fainzang draws our attention to the practice of concealment within healthcare. By facing this issue head on, the book does not judge or condemn, but seeks to understand and explain processes of communication that may be described as lying. Readers interested in understanding informed consent and doctor-patient relationships will find this book's rich material to be honest, engaging and thought-provoking.’ Rachael Gooberman-Hill, University of Bristol, UK
