The Unmasking of Medicine - A Searching Look at Healthcare Today

Originally published in 1981 and then as a second edition, revised and updated in 1983 and now with a new Preface by Ian Kennedy, this is a hard-hitting and penetrating investigation behind the façade of late 20th Century medical thinking.

List of contents

1.The Rhetoric of Medicine 2. The New Magicians 3. Suffer the Little Children 4. 'Decisions, decisions...' 5. The Doors of Mental Illness 6. 'Let's Kill All the Lawyers' 7. The Last Taboo. Conclusion.

About the author

As an academic lawyer, Ian Kennedy was a pioneer in the establishment of medical law and ethics as a discipline in its own right. He was invited to deliver the BBC 1980 Reith Lectures on the subject. He has written leading works in the field and founded an internationally recognised centre for research and graduate teaching. While at King's College London, he was Dean and Head of the Law School, Chairman of the College's Research Committee and a member of the College Committee, the College's Executive Committee. He was also Director of the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics for over 20 years. Ian Kennedy's contribution to scholarship and public policy has been recognised by his knighthood, election as a Fellow of the British Academy, election as an Honorary Bencher of the Inner Temple, appointment as an Honorary KC, Fellowships at two London Colleges, (UCL and King's), Honorary Doctorates in Science (Glasgow), Medicine (Birmingham), and Public Policy (York), and Honorary Fellowships in six Medical Royal Colleges.
For more information please see https://www.iankennedyconsulting.com/

Product details

• Authors: Ian Kennedy
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032652092
• ISBN: 978-1-032-65209-2
• No. of pages: 250
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Ethics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / History, LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, Illness & addiction: social aspects, History of Medicine, Medical & healthcare law, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Medical and healthcare law