The Social Medicine Reader, Volume I, Third Edition: Ethics and Cultures of Biomedicine - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1478001739 ISBN 13: 9781478001737

Publisher: Duke University Press Books, 2019

Synopsis

The extensively updated and revised third edition of the bestselling Social Medicine Reader provides a survey of the challenging issues facing today's health care providers, patients, and caregivers by bringing together moving narratives of illness, commentaries by physicians, debates about complex medical cases, and conceptually and empirically based writings by scholars in medicine, the social sciences, and the humanities.

Volume 1, Ethics and Cultures of Biomedicine contains essays, case studies, narratives, fiction, and poetry that focus on the experiences of illness and of clinician-patient relationships. Among other topics the contributors examine the roles and training of professionals alongside the broader cultures of biomedicine; health care; experiences and decisions regarding death, dying, and struggling to live; and particular manifestations of injustice in the broader health system. The Reader is essential reading for all medical students, physicians, and healthcare providers.

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Review:

“The new Third Edition of The Social Medicine Reader is absolutely essential reading for those who seek to understand the core issues that determine health, disease, and medical care in our current times. The essays collected here direct critical attention to the social forces that produce disease or protect health, the meanings of disease and their impact on patients, and the complex ethical and political issues confronting patients and providers. This is a must-read for anyone interested in disparities in health, access to quality of care, and justice in our ability to effectively and compassionately address the needs of patients and populations.” Author: Allan M. Brandt, Harvard University

From the Author:

Jonathan Oberlander is Professor and Chair of Social Medicine and Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Mara Buchbinder is Associate Professor of Social Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Larry R. Churchill is Professor of Medical Ethics Emeritus at Vanderbilt University.

Sue E. Estroff is Professor of Social Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology and Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Nancy M. P. King is Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at Wake Forest School of Medicine.

Barry F. Saunders is Associate Professor of Social Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Religious Studies, and Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Ronald P. Strauss is Professor of Dental Ecology and Professor of Social Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Rebecca L. Walker is Associate Professor of Social Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

About this edition

• Publisher: Duke University Press Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1478001739
• ISBN 13: 9781478001737
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 376
• Editor: Oberlander Jonathan, Buchbinder Mara, Churchill Larry R., Estroff Sue E., King Nancy M. P., Saunders Barry F., Strauss Ronald P., Walker Rebecca L.