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"""This is a brilliant work of lasting value to both sociology and anthropology by a person combining the talent of keen observer with the highest level of theoretical sophistication. . . a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and structure of a significant social situation.""--David M. Schneider, The University of Chicago."

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Author:   Renee C. Fox
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.694kg
ISBN:  

9781138523258

ISBN 10:   1138523259
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   30 January 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

"Introduction to the 1974 Edition Introduction to the Metabolic Research Group and Ward F-Second The Physicians of the Metabolic Group: Some of their Problems and Stresses How the Physicians of the Metabolic Group Came to Terms with their Problems and Stresses The Patients of Ward F-Second: Some of their Problems and Stresses How the Patients of Ward F-Second Came to Terms with their Problems and Stresses Three F-Seconders: Paul O'Brian, Leo Angelico, and Jackie Foote Ward F-Second, the Metabolic Group, and the Sociologist General Significance of ""Experiment Perilous"" Epilogue Index"

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-Renee C. Fox is surely one of the leading medical sociologists in the world. Her book, Experiment Perilous, is a wonderful example of her skill, insights, and wonderful background. She combines a great deal of knowledge, with a great deal of sensitivity, and the result is a book of enduring value--a book one would like to see all physicians at least read, but then almost everyone else as well.- --Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center -Both the original text and the new epilogue provide a useful framework for thinking about the inherent role conflicts, pressures and goals that guide clinical innovation. It would be hard to find a richer set of experiences than those of the patient-subjects and clinical investigators of Ward F-Second to stimulate thought and reflection about where human experimentation and clinical research has been in this country and where it ought to head in the future.- --Arthur Caplan, University of Pennsylvania -Experiment Perilous represents a classic work in the sociology of medicine. . . . [it is] insightful . . . compelling. . . . She writes with clarity, forcefulness and intelligence, with a sharp eye to the essential issues. . . . Experiment Perilous, with the updated epilogue, remains an important contribution to the literature.- --Patricia A. Marshall, Loyola University Chicago -Brilliantly observed and lucidly written, Renee Fox's Experiment Perilous has attained the status of a classic in the sociology--and history--of medicine. Our generation's growing awareness of medicine's moral dimensions makes this gemlike case study of relevance to an even broader constituency than when it was written.- --Charles Rosenberg, University of Pennsylvania -Experiment Perilous [is] a book which helped put medical sociology on the map. The new edition is particularly valuable.- --Robert N. Bellah, UC Berkeley -This is a brilliant work of lasting value to both sociology and anthropology by a person combining the talent of keen observer with the highest level of theoretical sophistication .... a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and structure of a significant social situation.- --David M. Schneider, The University of Chicago Renee C. Fox is surely one of the leading medical sociologists in the world. Her book, Experiment Perilous, is a wonderful example of her skill, insights, and wonderful background. She combines a great deal of knowledge, with a great deal of sensitivity, and the result is a book of enduring value--a book one would like to see all physicians at least read, but then almost everyone else as well. --Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center Both the original text and the new epilogue provide a useful framework for thinking about the inherent role conflicts, pressures and goals that guide clinical innovation. It would be hard to find a richer set of experiences than those of the patient-subjects and clinical investigators of Ward F-Second to stimulate thought and reflection about where human experimentation and clinical research has been in this country and where it ought to head in the future. --Arthur Caplan, University of Pennsylvania Experiment Perilous represents a classic work in the sociology of medicine. . . . [it is] insightful . . . compelling. . . . She writes with clarity, forcefulness and intelligence, with a sharp eye to the essential issues. . . . Experiment Perilous, with the updated epilogue, remains an important contribution to the literature. --Patricia A. Marshall, Loyola University Chicago Brilliantly observed and lucidly written, Renee Fox's Experiment Perilous has attained the status of a classic in the sociology--and history--of medicine. Our generation's growing awareness of medicine's moral dimensions makes this gemlike case study of relevance to an even broader constituency than when it was written. --Charles Rosenberg, University of Pennsylvania Experiment Perilous [is] a book which helped put medical sociology on the map. The new edition is particularly valuable. --Robert N. Bellah, UC Berkeley This is a brilliant work of lasting value to both sociology and anthropology by a person combining the talent of keen observer with the highest level of theoretical sophistication .... a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and structure of a significant social situation. --David M. Schneider, The University of Chicago Renee C. Fox is surely one of the leading medical sociologists in the world. Her book, Experiment Perilous, is a wonderful example of her skill, insights, and wonderful background. She combines a great deal of knowledge, with a great deal of sensitivity, and the result is a book of enduring value--a book one would like to see all physicians at least read, but then almost everyone else as well. --Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center Both the original text and the new epilogue provide a useful framework for thinking about the inherent role conflicts, pressures and goals that guide clinical innovation. It would be hard to find a richer set of experiences than those of the patient-subjects and clinical investigators of Ward F-Second to stimulate thought and reflection about where human experimentation and clinical research has been in this country and where it ought to head in the future. --Arthur Caplan, University of Pennsylvania Experiment Perilous represents a classic work in the sociology of medicine. . . . [it is] insightful . . . compelling. . . . She writes with clarity, forcefulness and intelligence, with a sharp eye to the essential issues. . . . Experiment Perilous, with the updated epilogue, remains an important contribution to the literature. --Patricia A. Marshall, Loyola University Chicago Brilliantly observed and lucidly written, Renee Fox's Experiment Perilous has attained the status of a classic in the sociology--and history--of medicine. Our generation's growing awareness of medicine's moral dimensions makes this gemlike case study of relevance to an even broader constituency than when it was written. --Charles Rosenberg, University of Pennsylvania Experiment Perilous [is] a book which helped put medical sociology on the map. The new edition is particularly valuable. --Robert N. Bellah, UC Berkeley

-This is a brilliant work of lasting value to both sociology and anthropology by a person combining the talent of keen observer with the highest level of theoretical sophistication .... a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and structure of a significant social situation.- --David M. Schneider, The University of Chicago -Renee C. Fox is surely one of the leading medical sociologists in the world. Her book, Experiment Perilous, is a wonderful example of her skill, insights, and wonderful background. She combines a great deal of knowledge, with a great deal of sensitivity, and the result is a book of enduring value--a book one would like to see all physicians at least read, but then almost everyone else as well.- --Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center -Both the original text and the new epilogue provide a useful framework for thinking about the inherent role conflicts, pressures and goals that guide clinical innovation. It would be hard to find a richer set of experiences than those of the patient-subjects and clinical investigators of Ward F-Second to stimulate thought and reflection about where human experimentation and clinical research has been in this country and where it ought to head in the future.- --Arthur Caplan, University of Pennsylvania -Experiment Perilous represents a classic work in the sociology of medicine. . . . [it is] insightful . . . compelling. . . . She writes with clarity, forcefulness and intelligence, with a sharp eye to the essential issues. . . . Experiment Perilous, with the updated epilogue, remains an important contribution to the literature.- --Patricia A. Marshall, Loyola University Chicago -Brilliantly observed and lucidly written, Renee Fox's Experiment Perilous has attained the status of a classic in the sociology--and history--of medicine. Our generation's growing awareness of medicine's moral dimensions makes this gemlike case study of relevance to an even broader constituency than when it was written.- --Charles Rosenberg, University of Pennsylvania -Experiment Perilous [is] a book which helped put medical sociology on the map. The new edition is particularly valuable.- --Robert N. Bellah, UC Berkeley This is a brilliant work of lasting value to both sociology and anthropology by a person combining the talent of keen observer with the highest level of theoretical sophistication .... a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and structure of a significant social situation. --David M. Schneider, The University of Chicago Renee C. Fox is surely one of the leading medical sociologists in the world. Her book, Experiment Perilous, is a wonderful example of her skill, insights, and wonderful background. She combines a great deal of knowledge, with a great deal of sensitivity, and the result is a book of enduring value--a book one would like to see all physicians at least read, but then almost everyone else as well. --Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center Both the original text and the new epilogue provide a useful framework for thinking about the inherent role conflicts, pressures and goals that guide clinical innovation. It would be hard to find a richer set of experiences than those of the patient-subjects and clinical investigators of Ward F-Second to stimulate thought and reflection about where human experimentation and clinical research has been in this country and where it ought to head in the future. --Arthur Caplan, University of Pennsylvania Experiment Perilous represents a classic work in the sociology of medicine. . . . [it is] insightful . . . compelling. . . . She writes with clarity, forcefulness and intelligence, with a sharp eye to the essential issues. . . . Experiment Perilous, with the updated epilogue, remains an important contribution to the literature. --Patricia A. Marshall, Loyola University Chicago Brilliantly observed and lucidly written, Renee Fox's Experiment Perilous has attained the status of a classic in the sociology--and history--of medicine. Our generation's growing awareness of medicine's moral dimensions makes this gemlike case study of relevance to an even broader constituency than when it was written. --Charles Rosenberg, University of Pennsylvania Experiment Perilous [is] a book which helped put medical sociology on the map. The new edition is particularly valuable. --Robert N. Bellah, UC Berkeley Renee C. Fox is surely one of the leading medical sociologists in the world. Her book, Experiment Perilous, is a wonderful example of her skill, insights, and wonderful background. She combines a great deal of knowledge, with a great deal of sensitivity, and the result is a book of enduring value--a book one would like to see all physicians at least read, but then almost everyone else as well. --Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center Both the original text and the new epilogue provide a useful framework for thinking about the inherent role conflicts, pressures and goals that guide clinical innovation. It would be hard to find a richer set of experiences than those of the patient-subjects and clinical investigators of Ward F-Second to stimulate thought and reflection about where human experimentation and clinical research has been in this country and where it ought to head in the future. --Arthur Caplan, University of Pennsylvania Experiment Perilous represents a classic work in the sociology of medicine. . . . [it is] insightful . . . compelling. . . . She writes with clarity, forcefulness and intelligence, with a sharp eye to the essential issues. . . . Experiment Perilous, with the updated epilogue, remains an important contribution to the literature. --Patricia A. Marshall, Loyola University Chicago Brilliantly observed and lucidly written, Renee Fox's Experiment Perilous has attained the status of a classic in the sociology--and history--of medicine. Our generation's growing awareness of medicine's moral dimensions makes this gemlike case study of relevance to an even broader constituency than when it was written. --Charles Rosenberg, University of Pennsylvania Experiment Perilous [is] a book which helped put medical sociology on the map. The new edition is particularly valuable. --Robert N. Bellah, UC Berkeley

-This is a brilliant work of lasting value to both sociology and anthropology by a person combining the talent of keen observer with the highest level of theoretical sophistication .... a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and structure of a significant social situation.- --David M. Schneider, The University of Chicago -Renee C. Fox is surely one of the leading medical sociologists in the world. Her book, Experiment Perilous, is a wonderful example of her skill, insights, and wonderful background. She combines a great deal of knowledge, with a great deal of sensitivity, and the result is a book of enduring value--a book one would like to see all physicians at least read, but then almost everyone else as well.- --Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center -Both the original text and the new epilogue provide a useful framework for thinking about the inherent role conflicts, pressures and goals that guide clinical innovation. It would be hard to find a richer set of experiences than those of the patient-subjects and clinical investigators of Ward F-Second to stimulate thought and reflection about where human experimentation and clinical research has been in this country and where it ought to head in the future.- --Arthur Caplan, University of Pennsylvania -Experiment Perilous represents a classic work in the sociology of medicine. . . . [it is] insightful . . . compelling. . . . She writes with clarity, forcefulness and intelligence, with a sharp eye to the essential issues. . . . Experiment Perilous, with the updated epilogue, remains an important contribution to the literature.- --Patricia A. Marshall, Loyola University Chicago -Brilliantly observed and lucidly written, Renee Fox's Experiment Perilous has attained the status of a classic in the sociology--and history--of medicine. Our generation's growing awareness of medicine's moral dimensions makes this gemlike case study of relevance to an even broader constituency than when it was written.- --Charles Rosenberg, University of Pennsylvania -Experiment Perilous [is] a book which helped put medical sociology on the map. The new edition is particularly valuable.- --Robert N. Bellah, UC Berkeley Renee C. Fox is surely one of the leading medical sociologists in the world. Her book, Experiment Perilous, is a wonderful example of her skill, insights, and wonderful background. She combines a great deal of knowledge, with a great deal of sensitivity, and the result is a book of enduring value--a book one would like to see all physicians at least read, but then almost everyone else as well. --Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center Both the original text and the new epilogue provide a useful framework for thinking about the inherent role conflicts, pressures and goals that guide clinical innovation. It would be hard to find a richer set of experiences than those of the patient-subjects and clinical investigators of Ward F-Second to stimulate thought and reflection about where human experimentation and clinical research has been in this country and where it ought to head in the future. --Arthur Caplan, University of Pennsylvania Experiment Perilous represents a classic work in the sociology of medicine. . . . [it is] insightful . . . compelling. . . . She writes with clarity, forcefulness and intelligence, with a sharp eye to the essential issues. . . . Experiment Perilous, with the updated epilogue, remains an important contribution to the literature. --Patricia A. Marshall, Loyola University Chicago Brilliantly observed and lucidly written, Renee Fox's Experiment Perilous has attained the status of a classic in the sociology--and history--of medicine. Our generation's growing awareness of medicine's moral dimensions makes this gemlike case study of relevance to an even broader constituency than when it was written. --Charles Rosenberg, University of Pennsylvania Experiment Perilous [is] a book which helped put medical sociology on the map. The new edition is particularly valuable. --Robert N. Bellah, UC Berkeley This is a brilliant work of lasting value to both sociology and anthropology by a person combining the talent of keen observer with the highest level of theoretical sophistication .... a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and structure of a significant social situation. --David M. Schneider, The University of Chicago Renee C. Fox is surely one of the leading medical sociologists in the world. Her book, Experiment Perilous, is a wonderful example of her skill, insights, and wonderful background. She combines a great deal of knowledge, with a great deal of sensitivity, and the result is a book of enduring value--a book one would like to see all physicians at least read, but then almost everyone else as well. --Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center Both the original text and the new epilogue provide a useful framework for thinking about the inherent role conflicts, pressures and goals that guide clinical innovation. It would be hard to find a richer set of experiences than those of the patient-subjects and clinical investigators of Ward F-Second to stimulate thought and reflection about where human experimentation and clinical research has been in this country and where it ought to head in the future. --Arthur Caplan, University of Pennsylvania Experiment Perilous represents a classic work in the sociology of medicine. . . . [it is] insightful . . . compelling. . . . She writes with clarity, forcefulness and intelligence, with a sharp eye to the essential issues. . . . Experiment Perilous, with the updated epilogue, remains an important contribution to the literature. --Patricia A. Marshall, Loyola University Chicago Brilliantly observed and lucidly written, Renee Fox's Experiment Perilous has attained the status of a classic in the sociology--and history--of medicine. Our generation's growing awareness of medicine's moral dimensions makes this gemlike case study of relevance to an even broader constituency than when it was written. --Charles Rosenberg, University of Pennsylvania Experiment Perilous [is] a book which helped put medical sociology on the map. The new edition is particularly valuable. --Robert N. Bellah, UC Berkeley

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