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American medicine, the quest for competence / Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good.

By: Good, Mary-Jo DelVecchio.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-247) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 265 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780520922037; 9780520088962; 9780585098630.Subject(s): Clinical competence | Medical care -- United States -- EvaluationGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 362.1/0973 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
Introduction: Engaging the Field. 1. Medical Malpractice and the Voices of Medicine -- pt. I. The Transformation of the Culture of Competence in Rural Medicine: Contests of Specialty and Gender. 2. The Challenge to Local Medicine. 3. Competence and Care: Cultural Conflicts Embedded in Gender and Specialty. 4. A Crisis of Competence. 5. National Crises in Obstetrical Care: Competence and Risk Reexamined -- pt. II. The Quest for Competence through Medical Education. 6. Narrative Strategies in Presentation and Performance: From Artifice to Competence. 7. The Social Production of Physician Competence -- pt. III. Culture, Competence, and Clinical Science. 8. Competence and Clinical Narratives in Oncology -- 9. Epilogue: The Relevance of Competence to Policy.
Summary: What does it mean to be a good doctor in America today? How do such challenges as new biotechnologies, the threat of malpractice suits, and proposed health-care reform affect physicians' ability to provide quality care? These and many other crucial questions are examined in this book.
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Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-247) and index.

Introduction: Engaging the Field. 1. Medical Malpractice and the Voices of Medicine -- pt. I. The Transformation of the Culture of Competence in Rural Medicine: Contests of Specialty and Gender. 2. The Challenge to Local Medicine. 3. Competence and Care: Cultural Conflicts Embedded in Gender and Specialty. 4. A Crisis of Competence. 5. National Crises in Obstetrical Care: Competence and Risk Reexamined -- pt. II. The Quest for Competence through Medical Education. 6. Narrative Strategies in Presentation and Performance: From Artifice to Competence. 7. The Social Production of Physician Competence -- pt. III. Culture, Competence, and Clinical Science. 8. Competence and Clinical Narratives in Oncology -- 9. Epilogue: The Relevance of Competence to Policy.

What does it mean to be a good doctor in America today? How do such challenges as new biotechnologies, the threat of malpractice suits, and proposed health-care reform affect physicians' ability to provide quality care? These and many other crucial questions are examined in this book.

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