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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eiser, Arnold R., 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics--United States.

Medical ethics.

United States.

Physician and patient--United States.

Physician and patient.

Delivery of Health Care.

History, 21st Century.

Medical Informatics.

Physician's Role.

Physician-Patient Relations.

Medical Subjects:

Delivery of Health Care.

United States.

History, 21st Century.

Medical Informatics.

Physician's Role.

Physician-Patient Relations.

Physical Description:

xi, 205 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]

Contents:

The ethos of medical practice in the age of computerized technology

On the nature of medical knowledge : evidence-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 and 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 twenty-first century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739181805

0739181807

OCLC:

856054374