Collins, H. M. 1943-
Dr. Golem : how to think about medicine / Harry Collins & Trevor Pinch. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005. - xii, 246 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239) and index.
Medicine as science and medicine as succor -- The hole in the heart of medicine: the placebo effect -- Faking it for real: bogus doctors -- Tonsils: diagnosing and dealing with uncertainty -- Alternative medicine: the cases of vitamin C and cancer -- Yuppie flu, fibromyalgia, and other contested diseases -- Defying death: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) -- The AIDS activists -- Vaccination and parents' rights: measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), and pertussis -- Conclusion: the themes revisited.
0226113663 (cloth : alk. paper)
2005001621
101239075 DNLM 013278693 Uk
Medicine, Popular.
Medicine--Philosophy.
Sociology, Medical.
Consumer Participation.
Delivery of Health Care.
Physician-Patient Relations.
RC81 / .C695 2005
616/.001
WA 31 / C712d 2005
Dr. Golem : how to think about medicine / Harry Collins & Trevor Pinch. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005. - xii, 246 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239) and index.
Medicine as science and medicine as succor -- The hole in the heart of medicine: the placebo effect -- Faking it for real: bogus doctors -- Tonsils: diagnosing and dealing with uncertainty -- Alternative medicine: the cases of vitamin C and cancer -- Yuppie flu, fibromyalgia, and other contested diseases -- Defying death: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) -- The AIDS activists -- Vaccination and parents' rights: measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), and pertussis -- Conclusion: the themes revisited.
0226113663 (cloth : alk. paper)
2005001621
101239075 DNLM 013278693 Uk
Medicine, Popular.
Medicine--Philosophy.
Sociology, Medical.
Consumer Participation.
Delivery of Health Care.
Physician-Patient Relations.
RC81 / .C695 2005
616/.001
WA 31 / C712d 2005