Strangers at the Bedside: A History of How Law and Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision-Making PDF

Rating: (3 reviews) Author: David J. Rothman ISBN : 9780465082094 New from $10.00 Format: PDF

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Here at last is a book that puts into perspective the revolution that has taken place in patient care--a revolution that has dethroned the medical establishment and made patients and their families as well as lawyers and even philosophers partners in decisions on treatment.

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• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Basic Books (May 25, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0465082092
• ISBN-13: 978-0465082094
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds

Strangers at the Bedside: A History of How Law and Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision-Making PDF

What do you do with a book that in spite of disagree with the vantage point of the author, you have to admit that the points he raises and the stand he takes has some validity? That an author can cause the reader to stop and think about firmly held belief systems, is indicative of a good writer in my opinion.

The author of this bioethical treatise is not a physician. He is a sociologist, and he is giving the historical background to the immense changes in how the American public views its medical establishment. In the process of becoming involved in ethics in the medical world, Rothman had to come in close contact with those he was writing about...physicians. I get the feeling that he was and to a point still in awe of the great men and the great minds he has been exposed to. Occasionally, the book seemed to be biased in favor of the physicians. A book such as this cannot be written without showing the author's own biases; author's can only admit that they harbor particular biases towards those they are writing about.

In many issues Rothman comes down solidly on behalf of the physicians, whether or not they brought about the changes in the public's attitudes towards those who work in medicine. Rothman bemoans the fact that the public has involved lawyers, bioethicists, and politicians in what used to be the private domain of physicians. Yet he writes and explains the history behind this lowering of pedestals for doctors and medical researchers...all the while trying to explain why physicians felt their patients should rely 'on those who know and understand' (read that to mean physicians think most patients and families are too stupid to understand basic concepts).