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The disappearance of the sick-man from medical cosmology, 1770-1870.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19433521     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The sick-man may be said to have disappeared from medical cosmology in two related senses during the period 1770-1870. Firstly, as control over the means of production of medical knowledge shifted away from the sick towards medical investigators the universe of discourse of medical theory changed from that of an integrated conception of the whole person to that of a network of bonds between microscopical particles. Secondly, as control over the occupational group of medical investigators was centralized in the hands of its senior members the plethora of theories and therapies, which had previously afforded the sick-man the opportunity to negotiate his own treatment, were replaced by a monolithic consensus of opinion imposed from within the community of medical investigators.
Authors:
N D Jewson
Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article     Date:  2009-05-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of epidemiology     Volume:  38     ISSN:  1464-3685     ISO Abbreviation:  Int J Epidemiol     Publication Date:  2009 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-06-03     Completed Date:  2009-08-03     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7802871     Medline TA:  Int J Epidemiol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  622-33     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Bioethics / history*
Biomedical Research / history*
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
Humans
Medicine in Literature
Physician's Role / history*
Sociology, Medical / history*
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Int J Epidemiol. 2009 Jun;38(3):642-5   [PMID:  19433525 ]
Int J Epidemiol. 2009 Jun;38(3):633-6   [PMID:  19433523 ]
Int J Epidemiol. 2009 Jun;38(3):646-9   [PMID:  19433524 ]
Int J Epidemiol. 2009 Jun;38(3):639-42   [PMID:  19433526 ]
Int J Epidemiol. 2009 Jun;38(3):637-9   [PMID:  19433522 ]

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