Society and Medicine
Subtitle: Essays in Honor of Renee C. Fox (Festschriften)
Contributors: Carla Messikomer (Editor); Judith Swazey (Editor)
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: October 23, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780765801562
Subjects: Medical ethics; Social theory; Philosophy; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Medical; Social medicine; Ethics; Medical / General; Sociology - General; Bioethics; Medicine
Description: The November 1999 conference at the University of Pennsylvania focused on the interrelated themes of Fox's work, including the nature of medicine and medical research, the training and work of their practitioners, the interrelationships between medicine and the societies and cultures it is part of, and the moral and spiritual dimensions of the healing arts. The contributors are from medical and social sciences. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.