| Who can resist Foucault? | |
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PMID: 19549725 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Michel Foucault's analysis of "the birth of the clinic" describes the genesis of a unified discourse that, in retrospect, has shaped western medicine for two centuries. However, in looking prospectively toward a 21st century medicine, Foucault's analysis is necessary but not sufficient. To better critically address medicine and medical education in the era of simulation, we could draw on frameworks developed by futurists such as Jean Baudrillard. Foucault's analysis does not account for contemporary, complex developments of the clinical gaze as the gaze is distributed across practitioners in increasing use of sophisticated, representational diagnostic imaging. Further, Foucault's antihumanist rhetoric sometimes strays into the antihumane, and this is disturbing for those who support the development of patient-centered medicine. Yet we are increasingly teaching aspects of medicine, such as communication, in simulated learning environments in which complex reality is absent, perhaps inadvertently creating an "inhumanity" in medical education. |
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Authors:
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Alan Bleakley; John Bligh |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-06-23 |
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Title: The Journal of medicine and philosophy Volume: 34 ISSN: 1744-5019 ISO Abbreviation: J Med Philos Publication Date: 2009 Aug |
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Created Date: 2009-07-14 Completed Date: 2009-10-13 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7610512 Medline TA: J Med Philos Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 368-83 Citation Subset: E; IM |
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Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro TR1 3HD, UK. alan.bleakley@pms.ac.uk |
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Attitude to Death Communication* Education, Medical* Humans Patient-Centered Care Philosophy, Medical* Physician-Patient Relations |
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