Holistic Health and Biomedical Medicine: A Countersystem Analysis (Health Care Politic Pol (Dis))

Lyng, Stephen

ISBN 10: 079140255X / ISBN 13: 9780791402559

Verlag: State University of New York Pre, 1990

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Inhaltsangabe:

Holistic Health and Biomedical Medicine outlines a new framework for social science research. Illustrated in an analysis of the American health care system, Lyng presents an empirical study of the relationship between medical knowledge and the social structure of medical practice in America. Through a synthesis of ideas from such diverse perspectives as classical Marxian theory and the medical model embraced by the holistic health movement, Lyng articulates a "medical countersystem" that is contrasted against the traditional biomedical model of medical practice. What results is an entirely unique Marxian analysis of the U.S. health care system, one that examines how the system evolved historically as well as describes several possibilities for the future of medicine in America.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Stephen Lyng is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Holistic Health and Biomedical Medicine: A ...
Verlag: State University of New York Pre
Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
Einband: hardcover
Zustand: Fine