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- catalog abstract ""Drawing on a wealth of information, much of it never revealed before, PC, M.D. documents for the first time what happens when the tenets of political correctness - including victimology, multiculturalism and the rejection of fixed truths and individual autonomy - are allowed to enter the fortress of medicine. Consider these examples. A professor at the Harvard School of Public Health teaches her students that racial discrimination causes high blood pressure among blacks - an unsubstantiated and dangerous "truth". Former psychiatric patients, calling themselves "consumer-survivors," condemn the health care system for violating their human rights. They are on a crusade to "limit the powers of psychiatry by making consumers full partners in diagnosis and treatment." And nurses charge that they are so oppressed by the male-dominated medical system that they can't give their patients optimal care." "The consequences of putting politics before health are far-reaching, argues Satel. It wastes tax-payer money on bogus research and diverts resources that could be used to discover authentic causes of suffering, provide proven therapies, and rigorously investigate new ones. PC, M.D. is a powerful wake-up call to the medical profession and to patients, who are the ultimate victims of these disturbing trends."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Politically correct M.D.".
- catalog contributor b11986759.
- catalog coverage "United States".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Drawing on a wealth of information, much of it never revealed before, PC, M.D. documents for the first time what happens when the tenets of political correctness - including victimology, multiculturalism and the rejection of fixed truths and individual autonomy - are allowed to enter the fortress of medicine. Consider these examples. A professor at the Harvard School of Public Health teaches her students that racial discrimination causes high blood pressure among blacks - an unsubstantiated and dangerous "truth". Former psychiatric patients, calling themselves "consumer-survivors," condemn the health care system for violating their human rights. They are on a crusade to "limit the powers of psychiatry by making consumers full partners in diagnosis and treatment."".
- catalog description "And nurses charge that they are so oppressed by the male-dominated medical system that they can't give their patients optimal care." "The consequences of putting politics before health are far-reaching, argues Satel. It wastes tax-payer money on bogus research and diverts resources that could be used to discover authentic causes of suffering, provide proven therapies, and rigorously investigate new ones. PC, M.D. is a powerful wake-up call to the medical profession and to patients, who are the ultimate victims of these disturbing trends."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-270) and index.".
- catalog description "Public health and the quest for social justice -- Inmates take over the asylum -- Nursing grudges -- Sisterhood and medicine -- Crack moms of South Carolina -- Race and medicine -- Therapy for victims.".
- catalog extent "x, 285 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0465071821".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Basic Books,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "2001 C-397".
- catalog subject "362.1/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Attitude of Health Personnel United States.".
- catalog subject "Attitude of Health Personnel".
- catalog subject "Medical care United States Miscellanea.".
- catalog subject "Philosophy, Medical".
- catalog subject "Political correctness United States.".
- catalog subject "Politics United States.".
- catalog subject "Politics".
- catalog subject "Prejudice United States.".
- catalog subject "Quality of Health Care trends United States.".
- catalog subject "RA394 .S38 2000".
- catalog subject "Social medicine United States.".
- catalog subject "Sociology, Medical United States.".
- catalog subject "Sociology, Medical trends".
- catalog subject "WA 31 S2528p 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Public health and the quest for social justice -- Inmates take over the asylum -- Nursing grudges -- Sisterhood and medicine -- Crack moms of South Carolina -- Race and medicine -- Therapy for victims.".
- catalog title "PC, M.D. : how political correctness is corrupting medicine / Sally Satel.".
- catalog title "Politically correct M.D.".
- catalog type "Miscellanea. fast".
- catalog type "text".