American Medicine as Culture

by Howard F. Stein

Book Overview

Medicine in America, argues Professor Howard Stein, is not merely the product of a biomedical model, but rather an intricate human culture. In this ethnographic study of the American medical system, Dr. Stein uses anthropological, small-group, and psychoanalytic paradigms to interpret diverse and often hidden aspects of medical culture in the United States.Based on two decades of teaching and counseling physicians, Dr. Stein's case studies allow us...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813307376
• ISBN13: 9780813307374
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"