The social meaning of surgery
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The social meaning of surgery
Open University Press, 1992
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [136]-140) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Surgery is the highest prestige medical speciality and surgeons possess great status and authority in Western society. This book examines why this is the case, through detailed description and sociological analysis of daily life in the operating theatre.
Table of Contents
- The circuits of hygiene
- surgeons and anaesthetists
- surgeons on the wards
- the management of surgery
- day case surgery
- commentary.
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