Medical economics
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered comprehensive works on the economic aspects of medical service from the point of view of both the practitioner and the public. Works on special aspects of medical economics are entered under specific headings, e.g. Medical care, Cost of.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
"If it worked, it wouldn't be an alternative anymore" : the changing discourse of alternative medicine in the United States, 2018
Item — Call number MU Thesis Fis
Identifier: b7929085
Abstract
My research explores how discourse and the subjectivities of practitioners and patients are (re)created through the biomedical lens. It draws on ethnographic fieldwork done in New Jersey, which focuses on the importance of each group's roles and identities within both biomedical and alternative healing practices. This research examines the interactions between both patients and doctors and how these interactions shape identity through constructs such as power and knowledge. I specially...
Dates:
2018