Charles E. Rosenberg

Our Present Complaint: American Medicine, Then and Now

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Charles E. 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… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-8018-8716-1
EAN: 9780801887161
Produktnummer: 3089228
Verlag: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 214 S.
Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.1 cm x D1.7 cm 311 g
Gewicht: 311
Sonstiges: Ab 18 - 22 J.

Über den Autor

Charles E. Rosenberg is the Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social Sciences and a professor of the history of science at Harvard University. He is the author of The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866; The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System; and No Other Gods: On Science and American Social Thought.