عنوان

Trusting doctors :

(Number (ISBN

0691135746 (hdbk. : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9780691135748 (hdbk. : alk. paper)

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Title Proper

Trusting doctors :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the decline of moral authority in American medicine /

First Statement of Responsibility

Jonathan B. Imber

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Princeton, NJ :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Princeton University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2008

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xix, 275 p. ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

"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

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Book number

Imber, Jonathan B.,1952-

Date of Transaction

20090528105058.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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