American Medicine: The Quest for Competence

by Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good

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What does it mean to be a good doctor in America today? How do such challenges as new biotechnologies, the threat of malpractice suits, and proposed health-care reform affect physicians' ability to provide quality care?

These and many other crucial questions are examined in this book, the first to fully explore the meaning and politics of competence in modern American medicine. Based on Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good's recent ethnographic studies...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520216539

ISBN13:9780520216532

Release Date:November 1998

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:278 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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