Social Justice and Medical Practice: Life History of a Physician of Social Medicine: Advances in Critical Medical Anthropology
Autor Merrill Singer, Rebecca Allenen Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 dec 2017
Social Justice and Medical Practice examines the practice of social medicine through extensive life history interviews with a physician practicing the approach in marginalized communities. It presents a case example of social medicine in action, demonstrating how such a practice can be successfully pursued within the context of the existing structure of twenty-first-century medicine. In examining the experience of a physician on the frontlines of reforming health care, the book critiques the restrictive nature of the dominant clinical model of medicine and argues for a radically expanded focus for modern-day medical practice.
Social Justice and Medical Practice is a timely intervention at a time when even advanced health care systems are facing multiple crises. Lucidly written, it presents a striking alternative and is important reading for students and practitioners of medicine and anthropology, as well as policy makers.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781629584256
ISBN-10: 1629584258
Pagini: 246
Ilustrații: 4 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Advances in Critical Medical Anthropology
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1629584258
Pagini: 246
Ilustrații: 4 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Advances in Critical Medical Anthropology
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Introduction: A Road Less Taken 1. Alternatives in Medical Practice and their Social and Personal Implications 2. The Social Construction of Disease Conception and Treatment in Biomedicine 3. Being a Person, Becoming a Doctor 4. Inside the Beast: An Engaged Physician and Modern Medical Institutions 5. Struggling for Health Equity from the Inner City to Rural Farms 6. Putting People First: Envisioning a Healthy Society
Notă biografică
Merrill Singer is a professor in the departments of anthropology and community medicine, at the University of Connecticut, U.S.A. A medical and cultural anthropologist, his research focuses on the social determinants of health inequality, the critical biosocial nature of health, and environmental health. He is recipient of a number of prizes, including the Rudolph Virchow Professional Prize and George Foster Memorial Award for Practicing Anthropology.
Rebecca Allen completed a BA in Anthropology at the University of Connecticut, USA, where she was president of the university’s chapter of Lambda Alpha, the National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology. She is now a medical student at George Washington University, U.S.A.
Rebecca Allen completed a BA in Anthropology at the University of Connecticut, USA, where she was president of the university’s chapter of Lambda Alpha, the National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology. She is now a medical student at George Washington University, U.S.A.
Descriere
Social Justice and Medical Practice examines the practice of social medicine through extensive life history interviews with a physician practicing the approach in marginalized communities. It presents a case example of social medicine in action, demonstrating how such a practice can be successfully pursued within the context of the existing structure of twenty-first century medicine. In examining the experience of a physician on the frontlines of reforming healthcare, the book critiques the restrictive nature of the dominant clinical model of medicine and argues for a radically expanded focus for modern day medical practice.