Complex Sorrow: Reflections on Cancer and an Abbreviated Life

In 1988, Marianne Paget published the "Unity of Mistakes: A Phenomenological Interpretation of Medical Work" in which she argued that error is an intrinsic feature in medicine an experimental and uncertain activity. This work features a collection of her personal and professional writings on the phenomenon of error in medicine.

Sommario

Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction 1. Life Mirrors Work Mirrors Text Mirrors Life... 2. Performing the Text 3. The Work of Talk 4. Letters to My Friends 5. Journal Notes Epilogue Marjorie L. DeVault Notes References

Info autore

Marianne A. Paget (1940-1989) was a Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at Brandeis University.

Riassunto

Argues that error is an intrinsic feature in medicine - an experimental and uncertain activity. This collection of the author's personal and professional writings on the phenomenon of error in medicine chronicles a young scholar's courageous struggle to make sense of a tragic coincidence.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Marianne Paget, Marianne A. Paget
• Con la collaborazione di: Marjorie L. DeVault (Editore)
• Editore: Temple University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.1993
• EAN: 9781566391924
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-192-4
• Pagine: 244
• Dimensioni: 142 mm x 210 mm x 14 mm
• Peso: 249 g
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Soziologie und Anthropologie