Social Justice and Medical Practice: Life History of a Physician of Social Medicine

ISBN-13: 9781629584263 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 240 str.

Merrill Singer; Rebecca Allen

Opis

Social Justice and Medical Practice examines the practice of social medicine through extensive life history interviews with a physician practicing the approach in marginalized communities. It presents a case example of social medicine in action, demonstrating how such a practice can be successfully pursued within the context of the existing structure of twenty-first century medicine. In examining the experience of a physician on the frontlines of reforming healthcare, the book critiques the restrictive nature of the dominant clinical model of medicine and argues for a radically expanded focus for modern day medical practice.

Spis treści

Introduction: A Road Less Taken  1. Alternatives in Medical Practice and their Social and Personal Implications  2. The Social Construction of Disease Conception and Treatment in Biomedicine  3. Being a Person, Becoming a Doctor  4. Inside the Beast: An Engaged Physician and Modern Medical Institutions  5. Struggling for Health Equity from the Inner City to Rural Farms  6. Putting People First: Envisioning a Healthy Society