عنوان

Trusting doctors :

0691135746 (hdbk. : alk. paper)

9780691135748 (hdbk. : alk. paper)

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Trusting doctors :

[Book]

the decline of moral authority in American medicine /

Jonathan B. Imber

Princeton, NJ :

Princeton University Press,

c2008

xix, 275 p. ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

"For more than a century, the American medical profession insisted that doctors be rigorously trained in medical science and dedicated to professional ethics. Patients revered their doctors as representatives of a sacred vocation. Do we still trust doctors with the same conviction? In Trusting Doctors, Jonathan Imber attributes the development of patients' faith in doctors to the inspiration and influence of Protestant and Catholic clergymen during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He explains that as the influence of clergymen waned, and as reliance on medical technology increased, patients' trust in doctors steadily declined. Trusting Doctors provides valuable insights into the religious underpinnings of the doctor-patient relationship and raises critical questions about the ultimate place of the medical profession in American life and culture." --Book Jacket

Medical ethics

Medical policy-- Moral and ethical aspects

Bioethical Issues-- history-- United States

Ethics, Medical-- history-- United States

History, 19th Century-- United States

History, 20th Century-- United States

Physician-Patient Relations-- United States

Religion and Medicine-- United States

Imber, Jonathan B.,1952-

20090528105058.0

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