{"product_id":"the-social-medicine-reader-volume-jonathan-oberlander-9781478002819","title":"The Social Medicine Reader, Volume I, Third Edition: Ethics and Cultures of Biomedicine","description":"The extensively updated and revised third edition of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eSocial Medicine Reader\u003c\/i\u003e provides a survey of the challenging issues facing today's health care providers, patients, and caregivers by bringing together moving narratives of illness, commentaries by physicians, debates about complex medical cases, and conceptually and empirically based writings by scholars in medicine, the social sciences, and the humanities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Volume 1, \u003ci\u003eEthics and Cultures of Biomedicine\u003c\/i\u003e, contains essays, case studies, narratives, fiction, and poems that focus on the experiences of illness and of clinician-patient relationships. Among other topics the contributors examine the roles and training of professionals alongside the broader cultures of biomedicine; health care; experiences and decisions regarding death, dying, and struggling to live; and particular manifestations of injustice in the broader health system. The \u003ci\u003eReader\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for all medical students, physicians, and health care providers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Oberlander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478002816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478002819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2019","brand":"Jonathan Oberlander","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44756965163263,"sku":"9781478002819","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d7a204c-8699-4566-8538-930de7c9db14.jpg?v=1706594254","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-social-medicine-reader-volume-jonathan-oberlander-9781478002819","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}