American Medicine As Culture
| Author | : Howard F. Stein |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 286 |
| Release | : 2019-03-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780429718625 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0429718624 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (624 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis American Medicine As Culture by : Howard F. Stein
Download or read book American Medicine As Culture written by Howard F. Stein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book situates biomedicine within American culture and argues that the very organization and practice of medicine are themselves cultural. It demonstrates the symbolic construction of clinical reality within American biomedicine and shows how biomedicine never leaves the realm of the personal.
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