Medicine & culture : notions of health and sickness in Britain, the U.S., France and West Germany
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Bibliographic Information
Medicine & culture : notions of health and sickness in Britain, the U.S., France and West Germany
V. Gollancz, 1990
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
An exploration of medical diagnosis in four western societies which argues that decisions are often influenced more by national cultures and philosophies than by sciences.
Table of Contents
- Is medicine international?
- culture bias in medical science
- France - cartesian thinking and the terrain
- West Germany - the lingering influences of romanticism
- Great Britain - economy, empricism, and keeping the upper lip stiff
- United States - the virus in the machine
- "plus ca change".
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