1st Edition

Experiment Perilous Physicians and Patients Facing the Unknown

By Renee C. Fox Copyright 1997
    290 Pages
    by Routledge

    292 Pages
    by Routledge

    "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

    1. Introduction to the Metabolic Research Group
    2. and Ward F-Second

    3. The Physicians of the Metabolic Group:
    4. Some of their Problems and Stresses

    5. How the Physicians of the Metabolic Group Came
    6. to Terms with their Problems and Stresses

    7. The Patients of Ward F-Second: Some of their
    8. Problems and Stresses

    9. How the Patients of Ward F-Second Came to
    10. Terms with their Problems and Stresses

    11. Three F-Seconders: Paul O'Brian, Leo Angelico,
    12. and Jackie Foote

    13. Ward F-Second, the Metabolic Group, and the
    14. Sociologist

    15. General Significance of "Experiment Perilous"

    Epilogue

    Index

    Biography

    Renee C. Fox