An Anthropology of Lying

Information in the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Sylvie Fainzang (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4724-5602-1 (ISBN)

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In the era of health democracy, where a patient’s right to be informed is not only widely advocated but also guaranteed by law, what is the real situation regarding patient information? Do patients receive the information that they request with regard to their diagnosis, prognosis or treatments? And what information do patients themselves give to their doctors? Drawing on observational research in hospitals and covering the exchanges between doctors and patients on the subject of cancer treatment and that of other pathologies, this book reveals that the practice of telling lies is widespread amongst parties on both sides of the medical relationship. With attention to the manner in which information of various types is withheld and the truth concealed on either side of the doctor-patient relationship, the author explores the boundaries between what is said and what is left unsaid, and between those who are given information and those who are lied to. Considering the misunderstandings that occur in the course of medical exchanges and the differences between the lies told by doctors and patients, An Anthropology of Lying: Information in the Doctor-Patient Relationship analyses the role of mendacity in the exercise of, and resistance to power. A fascinating study of the mechanisms at work and social conditions surrounding the accomplishment of lying in medical settings, this book casts fresh light on a subject that has so far been overlooked. As such, it will appeal not only to sociologists and anthropologists of health and medicine, but also to medical professionals.

Sylvie Fainzang is Director of Research at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France and author of Of Malady and Misery; Médicaments et Société: Le patient, le médecin et l'ordonnance; and L'automédication ou les mirages de l'autonomie.

Chapter 1 Towards a Sociology of the Total Organization; Chapter 2 Belonging to the Legion; Chapter 3 Formal Rank, Status, and the Strength of Many Ties; Chapter 4 Blending Relational Expectations; Chapter 5 Sources of Knowledge; Chapter 6 Enforcement and Exclusion; Chapter 7 The Dynamics of Organization, Institution, and Networks;

Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	860 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4724-5602-5 / 1472456025
ISBN-13	978-1-4724-5602-1 / 9781472456021
Zustand	Neuware