Rebirth of the Clinic: Places and Agents in Contemporary Health Care
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Rebirth of the Clinic: Places and Agents in Contemporary Health Care
By (Author) Cindy Patton
Contributions by Christine Ceci
Contributions by Lisa Diedrich
Contributions by Suzanne Fraser
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
2nd December 2010
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History of medicine
307.76
Physical Properties
Paperback
216
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 13mm
Description
From physical location to payment processes to expectations of both patients and caregivers, nearly everything surrounding the contemporary medical clinic's central activity has changed since Michel Foucault's Birth of the Clinic. Indebted to that work, but recognizing the gap between what the modern clinic hoped to be and what it has become, Rebirth of the Clinic explores medical practices that shed light on the fraught relationship between medical systems, practitioners, and patients.
Reviews
"Rebirth of the Clinic contributes significantly and meaningfully to critical, interdisciplinary research on the clinic, on interactions between medical professionals and patients, and on the complex processes of translation through which policies are put into practice and vice versa." Samantha King, Queens University
Author Bio
Cindy Patton is a professor of women's studies and sociology at Simon Fraser University. She is the author of Cinematic Identity: Anatomy of a Problem Film (Minnesota, 2007) and Globalizing AIDS (Minnesota, 2002).
