American Medicine as Culture

ISBN-13: 9780367003197 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 304 str.

Howard F. Stein

Opis

This book examines the changing nature of semiconductors, consumer electronics, computer systems and telecommunications. It shows how the historical development of the international division of labour in the industry has arisen through the mediation of capital accumulation.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- Medicine, Value Orientations, and Their Meanings -- Medical Metaphors and Their Role in Clinical Decisionmaking and Practice -- Medicine, Moralism, and Social Control -- The Influence of Group Dynamics on Clinical Thinking and Practice -- Money and Medicine: An Identity Problem -- Socialization and The Process of Becoming a Physician -- The Self of the Physician: Links Between Culture and Personality -- Conclusion

O autorze

Stein, Howard F.