Author: Charles E. Rosenberg
Edition: 1
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 080188716X
Our Present Complaint: American Medicine, Then and Now
Charles E. Medical books Our Present Complaint. Rosenberg, one of the world's most influential historians of medicine, presents a fascinating analysis of the current tensions in American medicine.
Situating these tensions within their historical and social contexts, Rosenberg investigates the fundamental characteristics of medicine: how we think about disease, how the medical profession thinks about itself and its moral and intellectual responsibilities, and what prospective patients—all of us—expect from medicine and the medical profession. He explores the nature and definition of disease and how ideas of disease causation reflect social values and cultural negotiations. His analyses of alternative medicine and bioethics consider the historically specific ways in which we define and seek to control what is appropriately medical Medical books Our Present Complaint – American Medicine, Then And Now Charles E. Rosenberg. age level from 13 to 17 author charles e rosenberg format paperback language english publication year 08 01 2008 subject medicine subject 2 medicine general title our present complaint american medicine then and now author charles e rosenberg publisher johns hopkins univ pr publication date nov 30 2007 pages 214 binding paperback edition 1 st dimensions 6 00 wx 9 00 hx 0 75 d isbn 080188716 x subject medical history description rosenberg social sciences and the history of science harvard u des
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Medical Book Our Present Complaint
Rosenberg, one of the world's most influential historians of medicine, presents a fascinating analysis of the current tensions in American medicine.
Situating these tensions within their historical and social contexts, Rosenberg investigates the fundamental characteristics of medicine: how we think about disease, how the medical profession thinks about itself and its moral and intellectual responsibilities, and what prospective patients—all of us—expect from medicine and the medical profession. He explores the nature and definition of disease and how ideas of disease causation reflect social values and cultural negotiations. His analyses of alternative medicine and bioethics consider the historically specific ways in which we define and seek to control what is appropriately medical.
At a time when clinical care and biomedical research generate as much angst as they offer cures, this volume provides valuable insight into how the practice of medicine has evolved, where it is going, and how lessons from history can improve its prognosis.
