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- catalog abstract ""Effective communication between doctors and patients is essential to good health care, yet patients increasingly complain of impersonal, overly technical medical treatment. Physicians, on the other hand, report that their patients have unrealistic expectations and ignore recommendations. Problems in doctor-patient communication increase when the patient is a woman. Social values and attitudes toward reproduction, women's bodies, and femininity are powerful, if subtle, influence on health care delivery. For over two years Alexandra Todd audiotaped and observed communications between gynecologists and women patients in a private practitioner's office and in a community clinic. This book provides a close-up view of what takes place in medical interactions centered on reproductive care. Todd is especially sensitive to the difficulties caused by the different perspectives of doctor and patient. Whereas doctors usually concentrate on a biomedical approach, patients view their biological concerns as embedded in broader contextual experiences. Women tell stories about their health and reproduction to communicate these comprehensive concerns. When the stories are ignored, the women are at risk of receiving inadequate medical care. It is the relationship of a scientific world view to modern medicine and to women, as well as analyses of specific interactions, that are the core of this book."--Back cover.".
- catalog contributor b2388003.
- catalog created "c1989.".
- catalog date "1989".
- catalog date "c1989.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1989.".
- catalog description ""Effective communication between doctors and patients is essential to good health care, yet patients increasingly complain of impersonal, overly technical medical treatment. Physicians, on the other hand, report that their patients have unrealistic expectations and ignore recommendations. Problems in doctor-patient communication increase when the patient is a woman. Social values and attitudes toward reproduction, women's bodies, and femininity are powerful, if subtle, influence on health care delivery. For over two years Alexandra Todd audiotaped and observed communications between gynecologists and women patients in a private practitioner's office and in a community clinic. This book provides a close-up view of what takes place in medical interactions centered on reproductive care. Todd is especially sensitive to the difficulties caused by the different perspectives of doctor and patient. Whereas doctors usually concentrate on a biomedical approach, patients view their biological concerns as embedded in broader contextual experiences. Women tell stories about their health and reproduction to communicate these comprehensive concerns. When the stories are ignored, the women are at risk of receiving inadequate medical care. It is the relationship of a scientific world view to modern medicine and to women, as well as analyses of specific interactions, that are the core of this book."--Back cover.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. [153]-162.".
- catalog description "The heart of medicine -- The diseasing of reproduction: when the patient is a woman -- "The patient doesn't have anything to say about it" -- Delusions in discourse -- Good doctors in a bad model -- Across a crowded room: some problems, some solutions.".
- catalog extent "167 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0812212770 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0812281527".
- catalog issued "1989".
- catalog issued "c1989.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,".
- catalog subject "610.69/6 19".
- catalog subject "Conflict (Psychology)".
- catalog subject "Interpersonal Relations.".
- catalog subject "Interpersonal conflict.".
- catalog subject "Patients psychology.".
- catalog subject "Personality.".
- catalog subject "Physician and patient.".
- catalog subject "Physician-Patient Relations.".
- catalog subject "R727.3 .T63 1989".
- catalog subject "W 62 T633i 1989".
- catalog subject "Women patients Psychology.".
- catalog subject "Women psychology.".
- catalog subject "Women.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The heart of medicine -- The diseasing of reproduction: when the patient is a woman -- "The patient doesn't have anything to say about it" -- Delusions in discourse -- Good doctors in a bad model -- Across a crowded room: some problems, some solutions.".
- catalog title "Intimate adversaries : cultural conflict between doctors and women patients / Alexandra Dundas Todd.".
- catalog type "text".