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The first historical study of morality and science in Canadian medicine, Medicine and Morality shows how moments of doubt in doctors’ impartiality resulted in changes to how medicine was done, and even to the very definition of medical practice itself.

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Kang’s analysis illuminates our current anxiety about the proper place of health care in public life.

-- Viviane Fairbank * Literary Review of Canada *

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Toward a Theory of Medical Disinterestedness

2 A Brotherhood of Scientific Gentlemen

3 Building Bridges, Making Amends

4 The Paradox of Medical Publishing

Conclusion

Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 31/08/2020
      ISBN13: 9780774862134, 978-0774862134
      ISBN10: 0774862130
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      History of medicine Medical ethics and professional conduct

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first historical study of morality and science in Canadian medicine, Medicine and Morality shows how moments of doubt in doctors’ impartiality resulted in changes to how medicine was done, and even to the very definition of medical practice itself.

      Trade Review

      Kang’s analysis illuminates our current anxiety about the proper place of health care in public life.

      -- Viviane Fairbank * Literary Review of Canada *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      1 Toward a Theory of Medical Disinterestedness

      2 A Brotherhood of Scientific Gentlemen

      3 Building Bridges, Making Amends

      4 The Paradox of Medical Publishing

      Conclusion

      Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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