In the patient's best interest : women and the politics of medical decisions / Sue Fisher.

  • Fisher, Sue, 1936-
Date:
1986
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 1986.

Physical description

ix, 214 pages ; 23 cm

Related material

This item was donated as part of The Women's Health Library archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/WHL https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fjg4s86y

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index.

Contents

Whisper, whisper, whisper : the scope of analysis -- No more uterus, no more babies : how language functions in medical discourse -- What brings you in today? : the structure of medical discourse -- And another time, dear, we'll need to do a pap smear : the unfolding phases of medical discourse -- Spinning the contextual web.

Notes

Copy 1. Donor: This item was originally held in the Women's Health Library. It was donated to Wellcome in 2016 by the Feminist Library, which acted as temporary custodian following the closure of Women's Health in 2006.
Copy 1. Former Women's Health Library shelfmark: Bm

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ISBN

  • 0813513057
  • 9780813513058