Trusting Doctors by Jonathan B Imber (11 items)

Princeton University Press, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Princeton University Press. Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Princeton University Press, 2008-09-14. Illustrated. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.25x1.00x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.

Princeton University Press, 2015-09-01. Reprint. paperback. New. 5.85x0.74x8.43. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New. For more than a century, the American medical profession insisted that doctors be rigorously trained in medical science and dedicated to professional ethics. Patients revered their doctors as representatives of a sacred vocation. Do we still trust doctors with the same conviction? In Trusting Doctors, Jonathan Imber attributes the development of patients' faith in doctors to the inspiration and influence of Protestant and Catholic clergymen during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He explains that as the influence of clergymen waned, and as reliance on medical technology increased, patients' trust in doctors steadily declined. Trusting Doctors discusses the emphasis that Protestant clergymen placed on the physician's vocation; the focus that Catholic moralists put on specific dilemmas faced in daily medical practice; and the loss of unchallenged authority experienced by doctors after World War II, when practitioners became valued for their technical competence… Read more

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Princeton University Press, 2008-09-14. Illustrated. hardcover. New. 6.25x1.00x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.

Hardback. New. Attributes the development of patients' faith in doctors to the inspiration and influence of Protestant and Catholic clergymen during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book explains that as the influence of clergymen waned, and as reliance on medical technology increased, patients' trust in doctors steadily declined.

Princeton Univ Pr, 2015. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 275 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

Princeton Univ Pr, 2008. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 296 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches.