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MEDICINE IN AMERICA: PHYSICIANS, PATIENTS AND THEIR PROBLEMS
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Pescosolido, Bernice. 2010. “MEDICINE IN AMERICA: PHYSICIANS, PATIENTS AND THEIR PROBLEMS”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/medicine-in-america-physicians-patients-and-their.

Abstract

Contemporary America faces a strange medical paradox: While the profession of medicine has at its disposal the most powerful technology ever known and the most generous financial support ever provided by the public sector, it is severely criticized for its failure to cure society’s ills (e.g., cancer, heart disease and AIDS) and for its unresponsiveness...

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Subject Area(s):
Medical Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400

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