The Politics of Medical Encounters: How Patients and Doctors Deal with Social Problems

by Howard Waitzkin

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The complaints that patients bring to their doctors often have roots in social issues that involve work, family life, gender roles and sexuality, aging, substance use; or other problems of nonmedical origin. In this book, physician/sociologist Howard Waitzkin examines interactions between patients and doctors to show how physicians' focus on physical complaints often fails to address patients' underlying concerns and also reinforces the societal...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300055110

ISBN13:9780300055115

Release Date:January 1993

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:327 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Administration & Medicine Economics Administration & Policy Clinical Doctor-Patient Relations Health Health Care Delivery Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Hospital Administration Medical

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