The ethos of medicine in postmodern America : philosophical, cultural, and social considerations / Arnold R. Eiser.

By: Eiser, Arnold R, 1947-Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Description: 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780739181812Subject(s): Health -- Social aspects -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ethos of medicine in postmodern America : philosophical, cultural, and social considerations.DDC classification: 362.10973 LOC classification: RA418.3.U6 | E37 2014Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
The ethos medical practice in age of computerized technology -- On the nature of medical knowledge : evidenced based medicine in postmodern America -- The culture of medical practice : corporate computerization versus the face of the other -- Practical and ethical concerns regarding aspects of quality improvement measures -- The uneven encounter between postmodern expectations & corporate control of medical practice -- Power and trust in the patient-physician relationship : postmodern values and the patient-centered medical home -- Medical education in postmodern America : a physician-in-training is a consumer too -- Medical professionalism : what does altruism have to do with it? -- The postmodern physician ethos and morale -- Bioethics in postmodern America -- Ethical medicine, performativity, and the Silicon cage -- Medical care embedded in American culture : repositioning the medical ethos for the 21st century -- Epilogue : ethos of medicine in postmodern America.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The ethos medical practice in age of computerized technology -- On the nature of medical knowledge : evidenced based medicine in postmodern America -- The culture of medical practice : corporate computerization versus the face of the other -- Practical and ethical concerns regarding aspects of quality improvement measures -- The uneven encounter between postmodern expectations & corporate control of medical practice -- Power and trust in the patient-physician relationship : postmodern values and the patient-centered medical home -- Medical education in postmodern America : a physician-in-training is a consumer too -- Medical professionalism : what does altruism have to do with it? -- The postmodern physician ethos and morale -- Bioethics in postmodern America -- Ethical medicine, performativity, and the Silicon cage -- Medical care embedded in American culture : repositioning the medical ethos for the 21st century -- Epilogue : ethos of medicine in postmodern America.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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