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Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738171826
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Languages : en
Pages : 323

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Author: Sylvie Fainzang
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317182081
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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In the era of health democracy, where a patient’s right to be informed is not only widely advocated but also guaranteed by law, what is the real situation regarding patient information? Do patients receive the information that they request with regard to their diagnosis, prognosis or treatments? And what information do patients themselves give to their doctors? Drawing on observational research in hospitals and covering the exchanges between doctors and patients on the subject of cancer treatment and that of other pathologies, this book reveals that the practice of telling lies is widespread amongst parties on both sides of the medical relationship. With attention to the manner in which information of various types is withheld and the truth concealed on either side of the doctor-patient relationship, the author explores the boundaries between what is said and what is left unsaid, and between those who are given information and those who are lied to. Considering the misunderstandings that occur in the course of medical exchanges and the differences between the lies told by doctors and patients, An Anthropology of Lying: Information in the Doctor-Patient Relationship analyses the role of mendacity in the exercise of, and resistance to power. A fascinating study of the mechanisms at work and social conditions surrounding the accomplishment of lying in medical settings, this book casts fresh light on a subject that has so far been overlooked. As such, it will appeal not only to sociologists and anthropologists of health and medicine, but also to medical professionals.

Author: Dr Sylvie Fainzang
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1472456041
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 161

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In the era of health democracy, where a patient’s right to be informed is not only widely advocated but also guaranteed by law, what is the real situation regarding patient information? Do patients receive the information that they request with regard to their diagnosis, prognosis or treatments? And what information do patients themselves give to their doctors? Drawing on observational research in hospitals and covering the exchanges between doctors and patients on the subject of cancer treatment and that of other pathologies, this book reveals that the practice of telling lies is widespread amongst parties on both sides of the medical relationship. With attention to the manner in which information of various types is withheld and the truth concealed on either side of the doctor-patient relationship, the author explores the boundaries between what is said and what is left unsaid, and between those who are given information and those who are lied to. Considering the misunderstandings that occur in the course of medical exchanges and the differences between the lies told by doctors and patients, An Anthropology of Lying: Information in the Doctor-Patient Relationship analyses the role of mendacity in the exercise of, and resistance to power. A fascinating study of the mechanisms at work and social conditions surrounding the accomplishment of lying in medical settings, this book casts fresh light on a subject that has so far been overlooked. As such, it will appeal not only to sociologists and anthropologists of health and medicine, but also to medical professionals.

Author: François Hinard
Publisher: Presses universitaires de Caen
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Category : Ancestor worship
Languages : fr
Pages : 386

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Author: Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
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Languages : en
Pages : 794

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Author: Emile Martinez
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471053873
Category : Fiction
Languages : fr
Pages : 304

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Balintawak, le cri de la liberté est un roman d'aventures qui se déroule dans le cadre de l'insurrection du peuple philippin pour son indépendance, du conflit hispano-américain de 1898 et de la guerre d'Algérie. Emportés dans le tourbillon des révolutions, les personnages assistent à l'agonie des vieux empires coloniaux européens et à la fin d'une sanglante utopie au moment où le vieux continent s'efface devant une puissance grandissante, les Etats-Unis d'Amérique. Ecrit dans une langue simple et pure qui conserve volontairement un caractère littéraire propre à l'époque qu'il fait revivre, Balintawak... est aussi un roman historique qui s'appuie sur un long travail de documentation. A cet égard il aborde sous un angle original le problème des décolonisations. C'est enfin un ouvrage où se retrouvent tous les thèmes classiques d'un roman que sont la quête de soi, l'amour, l'amitié et la mort.

Author: Sylvie Fainzang
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1315447150
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 147

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The question of recourse to self-medication arises at the intersection of two partly antagonistic discourses: that of the public authorities, who advocate the practice primarily for economic reasons, and that of health professionals, who condemn it for fear that it may pose a danger to health and dispossess the profession of expertise. This books examines the reality of self-medication in context and investigates the social treatment of the notion of autonomy ever present in the discourses promoting this practice. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in France, the author examines the material, cognitive, symbolic and social dimensions of the recourse to self-medication, considering the motivations and practices of the subjects and what these reveal about their relationship with the medical institution, while addressing the question of open access to medicines – a subject of heated debate between the actors concerned on themes such as competence, knowledge and responsibility. A rigorous analysis of the strategies adopted by individuals to manage the risks of medicines and increase their efficacy, Self-Medication and Society will appeal to sociologists and anthropologists with interests in health, illness, the body and medicine.

Author: Kunz
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3034858647
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 453

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In the autumn of 1971 F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. Ltd in Basel celebrated their 75th anniversary. The company was one of the first in the chemical industry to concentrate from the beginning on pharmaceuticals. Step by step new activi ties were taken up, but all within the frontiers of biology. During the 75 years of Roche the research division has become by far the largest department in the company, with basic research assuming an increasingly important part in it. For this reason Roche cannot but feel a share of res pons i bility towards the many problems raised by biomedical progress. Hence, the idea of celebrating the anniversary along conventional lines could not be seriously entertained. The occasion was to show Roche at work. A special kind of work certainly, breaking away from the daily routine into the sphere offree communi cation with thinking people outside the purview of the company's usual tasks.

Author: Honoré de Balzac
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Languages : en
Pages : 692

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Author: Louis and Van Norman Pujol (D.C.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 572

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