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2014

Écrit par
Gerald E. Markle , Frances B. Mccrea

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State University of New York Press

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248

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2014

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Publié par

State University of New York Press

Date de parution

07 février 2014

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9780791479025

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

1 Mo

In this thought-provoking book, sociologists Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea ask what would happen if Western medicine were to disappear. Using a rigorous and imaginative method—a thought experiment—Markle and McCrea evaluate medicine's impact on mortality and our national health. They examine various aspects of medicine, such as primary care, surgery, emergency medicine, pharmaceuticals, and mental illness treatment, and convincingly point out the problems that health care actually causes. Supporting their ideas with statistics and studies from medical and social science literature, Markle and McCrea argue that the medical model, despite its tremendous budget and hype, accomplishes far less than most would think. Their conclusions should promote critical review and lively discussion among medical consumers as well as among health care professionals and policy makers.

1. Disappearance

2. Primary Care

3. Surgery

4. Emergency Medicine

5. Pharmaceuticals

6. Mental Illness

7. Mind-Body

8. A World Without Medicine

Appendix A. Alternative Medicine
Appendix B. Thought Experiments
Appendix C. Medicine and Mortality

Notes
References
Index

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Publié par

State University of New York Press

Date de parution

07 février 2014

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9780791479025

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

1 Mo

Médecine Médecine Générale

What If Medicine Disappeared?

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What If Medicine Disappeared?

Gerald E. Markle Frances B. McCrea

S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y o f N e w Yo r k P r e s s

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany

Printed in the United States of America

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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Markle, Gerald E., 1942– What if medicine disappeared? / Gerald E. Markle, Frances B. McCrea. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–7914–7305–4 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN 978–0–7914–7306–1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Medicine—Miscellanea. 2. Medical care—Miscellanea. 3. Social medicine— Miscellanea. I. McCrea, Frances B. II. Title.

R708.M34 2008 610—dc22

2007014885

For Michael Bruce McCrea Beloved son and brother

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To believe in medicine would be the height of folly, if not to believe in it were not greater folly still. —Proust,The Guermantos Way, 1920

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A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S

We thank Allan Mazur, James Petersen and Bob Silverstein for their help-ful comments on an earlier draft of this book.

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