Caring and Responsibility : : The Crossroads Between Holistic Practice and Traditional Medicine / / June S. Lowenberg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Lowenberg, June S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (306 p.) :; 1 illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures --; Acknowledgments --; 1. Introduction --; 2. The New Model --; 3. The Larger Context --; 4. The Sick Role in the Context of the Clinic --; 5. The Modified Practitioner-Patient Relationship --; 6. The Shift in Attribution of Responsibility --; 7. Beyond Responsibility --; Appendix A: Interview Guide --; Appendix B: Respondent Profiles --; Notes --; References --; Index --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512807196; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512807196
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: June S. Lowenberg.

June S. Lowenberg examines the symbolic meanings underlying the larger holistic health movement, and locates those changes within the broad social and historical context. Her analysis helps us understand the strains, as well as the strengths, of the emerging, more holistic medical model.