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The Ethos of Medicine in Postmodern America - Philosophical, Cultural, and Social Considerations (Paperback)
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The Ethos of Medicine in Postmodern America - Philosophical, Cultural, and Social Considerations (Paperback)
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Has postmodern American culture so altered the terrain of medical
care that moral confusion and deflated morale multiply faster than
both technological advancements and ethical resolutions? The Ethos
of Medicine in Postmodern America is an attempt to examine this
question with reference to the cultural touchstones of our
postmodern era: consumerism, computerization, corporatization, and
destruction of meta-narratives. The cultural insights of postmodern
thinkers-such as such as Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Lyotard,
Baudrillard, Bauman, and Levinas-help elucidate the changes in
healthcare delivery that are occurring early in the twenty-first
century. Although only Foucault among this group actually focused
his critique on medical care itself, their combined analysis
provides a valuable perspective for gaining understanding of
contemporary changes in healthcare delivery. It is often difficult
to envision what is happening in the psychosocial, cultural dynamic
of an epoch as you experience it. Therefore it is useful to have a
technique for refracting those observations through the lens of
another system of thought. The prism of postmodern thought offers
such a device with which to "view the eclipse" of changing medical
practice. Any professional practice is always thoroughly embedded
in the social and cultural matrix of its society, and the medical
profession in America is no exception. In drawing upon of the
insights of key Continental thinkers such and American scholars,
this book does not necessarily endorse the views of postmodernism
but trusts that much can be learned from their insight.
Furthermore, its analysis is informed by empirical information from
health services research and the sociology of medicine. Arnold R.
Eiser develops a new understanding of healthcare delivery in the
twenty-first century and suggests positive developments that might
be nurtured to avoid the barren "Silicon Cage" of corporate,
bureaucratized medical practice. Central to this analysis are
current healthcare issues such as the patient-centered medical
home, clinical practice guidelines, and electronic health records.
This interdisciplinary examination reveals insights valuable to
anyone working in postmodern thought, medical sociology, bioethics,
or health services research.
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