The Politics of Medical Encounters; How Patients and Doctors Deal With Social Problems

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The Politics of Medical Encounters; How Patients and Doctors Deal With Social Problems by Howard Waitzkin, 9780300055115
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  • ISBN: 9780300055115 | 0300055110
  • Cover: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 1/27/1993

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In this pathbreaking book, physician/sociologist Howard Waitzkin applies modern techniques of literary analysis--structuralism, post-structuralism, and critical literary theory--to transcripts of doctor/patient exchanges. He shows how physicians' focus on physical complaints often fails to address patients' underlying concerns and also reinforces the societal problems that cause or aggravate these maladies.
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