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The Third Edition has been updated to cover new areas of interest, including: studies of space and place in relation to the body; actor-network theory as it is applied in research related to medicine; the internet and social media and how they contribute to lay health knowledge and patient support; complementary and alternative medicine; obesity and fat politics.
Contextualising introductions and discussion points in every chapter makes Medicine as Culture, Third Edition a rigorous yet accessible text for students.
Power Relations and the Medical Encounter
Power Relations and the Medical Encounter
Introduction
The discussion in this chapter raises interesting and important questions concerning power relations in the medical encounter and how this dimension of the doctor-patient relationship shapes the ways in which doctors relate to patients and vice versa. The discussion begins with an ...
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