1st Edition
Experiment Perilous Physicians and Patients Facing the Unknown
By Renee C. Fox
Copyright 1997
292 Pages
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Routledge
290 Pages
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Routledge
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"This is a brilliant work of lasting value to both sociology and anthropology by a person combining the talent of keen observer with the highest level of theoretical sophistication. . . a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and structure of a significant social situation."--David M. Schneider, The University of Chicago.
Introduction to the 1974 Edition I Introduction to the Metabolic Research Group and Ward F-Second II The Physicians of the Metabolic Group: Some of their Problems and Stresses III How the Physicians of the Metabolic Group Came to Terms with their Problems and Stresses IV The Patients of Ward F-Second: Some of their Problems and Stresses V How the Patients of Ward F-Second Came to Terms with their Problems and Stresses VI Three F-Seconders: Paul O’Brian, Leo Angelico, and Jackie Foote VII Ward F-Second, the Metabolic Group, and the Sociologist VIII General Significance of Experiment Perilous