Pharmacracy : medicine and politics in America /
Szasz, Thomas, 1920-
Pharmacracy : medicine and politics in America / Thomas Szasz. - Westport, Conn. ; London : Praeger, 2001. - xxiv, 212 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What Counts as Disease?; Medicine - From Gnostic Healing to Empirical Science; Scientific Medicine - Disease; Clinical Medicine - Diagnosis; Certifying Medicine - Disability; Psychiatric Medicine - Disorder; Philosophical Medicine - Critique or Ratification?; Political Medicine - the Therapeutic State.
This work highlights how the introduction of third-party payers into medicine has altered the relationship between doctor and patient. It explains why patients are increasingly dissatisfied with the medical care they receive, and doctors with the way they have to practice medicine.
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0000064948
Social medicine--United States
Medical care--Political aspects--United States
Medical ethics--United States
United States of America, USA
Health psychology
Health systems & services
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Pharmacracy : medicine and politics in America / Thomas Szasz. - Westport, Conn. ; London : Praeger, 2001. - xxiv, 212 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What Counts as Disease?; Medicine - From Gnostic Healing to Empirical Science; Scientific Medicine - Disease; Clinical Medicine - Diagnosis; Certifying Medicine - Disability; Psychiatric Medicine - Disorder; Philosophical Medicine - Critique or Ratification?; Political Medicine - the Therapeutic State.
This work highlights how the introduction of third-party payers into medicine has altered the relationship between doctor and patient. It explains why patients are increasingly dissatisfied with the medical care they receive, and doctors with the way they have to practice medicine.
9780275971960 : No price 0275971961 �30.70
0000064948
Social medicine--United States
Medical care--Political aspects--United States
Medical ethics--United States
United States of America, USA
Health psychology
Health systems & services
362.10973 SZA