The healer's power
Record details
- ISBN: 9780300057836
- ISBN: 0300057830
- ISBN: 9780300156966
- ISBN: 0300156960
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 311 pages)
remote
Computer data. - Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1992.
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:june.23 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. The Chief of Medicine -- 2. Medical Ethics and Power -- 3. The Dark Side of the Force: Clinical Examples -- 4. The Physician-Patient Relationship -- 5. Care versus Work -- 6. Informed Consent: Definition and Models -- 7. Informed Consent: Shared Power and Transparency -- 8. The Power to Control Information -- 9. The Rescue Fantasy -- 10. Substituted Judgment and Quality of Life -- 11. The Power to Determine Futility -- 12. Power and Cost Containment -- 13. The Physician's Income -- 14. The Social Power of Expert Healers -- 15. Power and Theories of Medical Ethics -- 16. The Physician's Character -- 17. Concluding Remarks -- Appendix. "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand," / Vonda McIntyre. |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by JSTOR. |