What If Medicine Disappeared?
Department
Sociology
Document Type
Book
Files
Description
In this thought-provoking book, sociologists Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea ask what would happen if Western medicine were to disappear. Using a rigorous and imaginative method--a thought experiment--Markle and McCrea evaluate medicine's impact on mortality and our national health. They examine various aspects of medicine, such as primary care, surgery, emergency medicine, pharmaceuticals, and mental illness treatment, and convincingly point out the problems that health care actually causes. Supporting their ideas with statistics and studies from medical and social science literature, Markle and McCrea argue that the medical model, despite its tremendous budget and hype, accomplishes far less than most would think. Their conclusions should promote critical review and lively discussion among medical consumers as well as among health care professionals and policy makers. *from the back cover
Call number in WMU's library
R708 .M34 2008 (Waldo Library, WMU Authors Collection, First Floor)
ISBN
978-0791473061
Publication Date
2008
Publisher
State University of New York Press
City
Albany
Keywords
Medicine, Medical care, Miscellanea, Social medicine
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Sociology
Citation for published book
Markle, Gerald E., and Frances B McCrea. What If Medicine Disappeared? Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008.
Recommended Citation
Markle, Gerald E. and McCrea, Frances B., "What If Medicine Disappeared?" (2008). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 157.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/157