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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: 01/04/2020
    ISBN13: 9780774862080, 978-0774862080
    ISBN10: 0774862084
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    History of medicine Medical sociology

    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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