Dr. Golem : how to think about medicine / Harry Collins & Trevor Pinch.
By: Collins, H. M. (Harry M.).
Contributor(s): Pinch, Trevor.
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TextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005Description: xii, 246 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0226113663 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Medicine, Popular | Medicine -- Philosophy | Sociology, Medical | Consumer Participation | Delivery of Health Care | Physician-Patient RelationsDDC classification: 616/.001 Online resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES LIBRARY
School of Health and Medical sciences Library Mbweni |
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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.
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