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Health Wars: On the Global Front Lines of Modern Medicine (New York Review Collections)

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Trust between doctors and patients has defined the practice of medicine since the time of Hippocrates. But can it survive in an age of intensive scientific research, managed healthcare, and the Internet? In these essays from the New York Review of Books, the Lancet, London Review of Books, and the Times Literary Supplement, Richard Horton examines how conceptions of disease and its treatment have changed over the centuries and looks at an array of medical questions facing both the individual and society. Covering a wide array of subjects from controversies over HIV/AIDS to the Human Genome Project to the debate over euthanasia, Horton argues eloquently for a new understanding of patients not as subjects but as people, and shows how society benefits from an appreciation of what disease does, not only to human bodies but to the human spirit.

Book News Annotation:

London physician Horton, editor of The Lancet weekly medical journal, presents 18 essays exploring what he takes to be the most interesting and important issues in contemporary medicine, and reflecting on their implications not only for health and disease but also for the wider culture. Most are revised from articles in various general and medical journals.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-565) and index.
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Table of Contents

Advancing threats — Revised reputations — High hopes.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9781590170243
Subtitle:
On the Global Front Lines of Modern Medicine
Author:
Horton, Richard
Publisher:
New York Review of Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Health Care Delivery
Subject:
Medicine
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Ethics
Subject:
Medical care
Subject:
Medical ethics
Subject:
Physician & Patient
Subject:
Social medicine
Subject:
Physician-Patient Relations
Series:
New York Review Collections
Series Volume:
32
Publication Date:
August 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
592
Dimensions:
8.56x5.86x1.49 in. 1.72 lbs.
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