Experiment Perilous: Physicians and Patients Facing the Unknown / Edition 1

by Renee C. Fox

Overview

"This is a brilliant work of lasting value to both sociology and anthropology by a person combining the talent of keen observer with the highest level of theoretical sophistication. . . a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and structure of a significant social situation."—David M. Schneider, The University of Chicago.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781560009498
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/31/1997
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	290
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Renee C. Fox

Table of Contents

Introduction to the 1974 Edition

1. Introduction to the Metabolic Research Group

and Ward F-Second

2. The Physicians of the Metabolic Group:

Some of their Problems and Stresses

3. How the Physicians of the Metabolic Group Came

to Terms with their Problems and Stresses

4. The Patients of Ward F-Second: Some of their

Problems and Stresses

5. How the Patients of Ward F-Second Came to

Terms with their Problems and Stresses

6. Three F-Seconders: Paul O'Brian, Leo Angelico,

and Jackie Foote

7. Ward F-Second, the Metabolic Group, and the

Sociologist

8. General Significance of "Experiment Perilous"

Epilogue

Index

Editorial Reviews

"This is a brilliant work of lasting value to both sociology and anthropology by a person combining the talent of keen observer with the highest level of theoretical sophistication .... a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and structure of a significant social situation." —David M. Schneider, The University of Chicago “Renee C. Fox is surely one of the leading medical sociologists in the world. Her book, Experiment Perilous, is a wonderful example of her skill, insights, and wonderful background. She combines a great deal of knowledge, with a great deal of sensitivity, and the result is a book of enduring value—a book one would like to see all physicians at least read, but then almost everyone else as well.” —Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center “Both the original text and the new epilogue provide a useful framework for thinking about the inherent role conflicts, pressures and goals that guide clinical innovation. It would be hard to find a richer set of experiences than those of the patient-subjects and clinical investigators of Ward F-Second to stimulate thought and reflection about where human experimentation and clinical research has been in this country and where it ought to head in the future.” —Arthur Caplan, University of Pennsylvania “Experiment Perilous represents a classic work in the sociology of medicine. . . . [it is] insightful . . . compelling. . . . She writes with clarity, forcefulness and intelligence, with a sharp eye to the essential issues. . . . Experiment Perilous, with the updated epilogue, remains an important contribution to the literature.” —Patricia A. Marshall, Loyola University Chicago “Brilliantly observed and lucidly written, Renee Fox’s Experiment Perilous has attained the status of a classic in the sociology—and history—of medicine. Our generation’s growing awareness of medicine’s moral dimensions makes this gemlike case study of relevance to an even broader constituency than when it was written.” —Charles Rosenberg, University of Pennsylvania “Experiment Perilous [is] a book which helped put medical sociology on the map. The new edition is particularly valuable.” —Robert N. Bellah, UC Berkeley

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