Medical knowledge : doubt and certainty
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Bibliographic Information
Medical knowledge : doubt and certainty
（Health and disease series, bk. 1）
Open Univerty Press, 1994
Completely rev. ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Drawing on an authorship which includes sociologists and historians, this book takes the reader through medical theory and practice in a variety of cultures and historical periods. It raises questions about the status and use of scientifically-based medical knowledge in western society today.
Table of Contents
- A journey through medical knowledge
- health and healing in an age of science
- an historical approach to medical knowledge
- tuberculosis
- blood
- hysteria
- medical knowledge and medical practice
- medicalization and surveillance
- doctor-patient interaction
- appendix
- answers to self-assessment questions.
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