Doctors, patients, and society : power and authority in medical care / edited by Martin S. Staum and Donald E. Larsen ; essays by David J. Roy ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Staum, Martin S.

Larsen, Donald E.

Roy, David J.

Calgary Institute for the Humanities.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physician and patient--Congresses.

Physician and patient.

Medical care--Congresses.

Medical care.

Power (Social sciences)--Congresses.

Power (Social sciences).

Medical care--Canada--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press for the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, c1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a collection of papers presented at an interdisciplinary workshop at the Calgary Institute for the Humanities in May 1980. The three broad issues covered are: the physician-patient relationship, the allocation of responsibility among doctors and nurses, and the political and social framework of the health care system. The first set of essays is concerned with the moral and legal aspects of the physician-patient relationship. The link between knowledge and power is examined as well as the moral dilemmas posed by medical technology. These initial essays would alone justify this publ

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; EDITORS ' NOTE; INTRODUCTION; MORAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN MEDICAL AUTHORITY; HEALTH CULTURES IN CONFLICT; THE HEALTH CARE TEAM; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC POLICY; CONCLUSION

Notes:

"Papers presented at an interdisciplinary workshop held in Calgary, May 1980."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613810830

9781282233096

1282233092

9780889205949

0889205949

OCLC:

753479597