The Ethos of Medicine in Postmodern America

The Ethos of Medicine in Postmodern America is an analysis of medical care, medical education, and medical professionalism with reference to the cultural touchstones of the postmodern era: consumerism, computerization, destruction of meta-narratives, and "stakeholder late capitalism."

The Ethos of Medicine in Postmodern America is an analysis of medical care, medical education, and medical professionalism with reference to the cultural touchstones of the postmodern era: consumerism, computerization, destruction of meta-narratives, and "stakeholder late capitalism."

Introduction: The Ethos of Medicine in Postmodern America Chapter 1: The Ethos of Medical Practice in this Postmodern Age of Computerized Consumerism Chapter 2: The Social Construction of Medical Knowledge Chapter 3: The Culture of Medical Practice: Corporate Computerization versus the Face of the Other Chapter 4: Practical and Ethical Concerns Regarding Aspects of Quality Improvement Processes Chapter 5: The Uneven Encounter Between Postmodern Expectations and Corporate Control of Medical Practice Chapter 6: Power and Trust in the Patient-Physician Relationship: Postmodern Values and the Patient Centered Medical Home Chapter 7: Medical Education in Postmodern Society Chapter 8: Medical Professionalism: What Does Altruism Have to Do with It? Chapter 9: Postmodern Physician Ethos and Morale Chapter 10: Bioethics in Postmodern America Chapter 11: The. Ethos of Medicine, Peformativity, and the Silicon Cage Chapter 12: Medical Care is Embedded in American Culture: Repositioning the Medical Ethos for the 21st Century Epilogue Bibliography