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The aims of evidence-based medicine cannot be reconciled with its outcomes, yet this impossible practice persists at the intersection of professional medical regulation and liberal governance strategies.

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This important book provides a thoughtful analysis of shortcomings, but parts of the text are so rich in medical humanities jargon that they are sometimes hard to follow. -- M. Gochfeld * CHOICE Connect *

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Conversations in Medicine: Problematizing Clinical Practice

2 Institutional Sites: McMaster University and Canada’s Contribution to Medical Training

3 Responsibilizing a New Kind of Clinician: Problem-Based Learning

4 Technologies of Regulation: Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Effects of Normalization

5 The Impossible Clinic: Biopolitics, Governmentality, Liberalism

Conclusion

Notes; References; Index

The Impossible Clinic A Critical Sociology of

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/2020
      ISBN13: 9780774862080, 978-0774862080
      ISBN10: 0774862084

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The aims of evidence-based medicine cannot be reconciled with its outcomes, yet this impossible practice persists at the intersection of professional medical regulation and liberal governance strategies.

      Trade Review
      This important book provides a thoughtful analysis of shortcomings, but parts of the text are so rich in medical humanities jargon that they are sometimes hard to follow. -- M. Gochfeld * CHOICE Connect *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      1 Conversations in Medicine: Problematizing Clinical Practice

      2 Institutional Sites: McMaster University and Canada’s Contribution to Medical Training

      3 Responsibilizing a New Kind of Clinician: Problem-Based Learning

      4 Technologies of Regulation: Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Effects of Normalization

      5 The Impossible Clinic: Biopolitics, Governmentality, Liberalism

      Conclusion

      Notes; References; Index

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