Medical identities : health, well-being and personhood /: health, well-being and personhood. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kent Maynard.
• Other Names: Maynard, Kent, 1947-2014
• Contents: Introduction--working at therapeutic personhood / Kent Maynard -- Shaping new identities: general practitioners in Britain and South Africa / Anne Digby -- Pharmacists and other drug-providers in Cambodia: identities and experiences / Ing-Britt Trankell and Jan Ovesen -- The vicissitudes of medical identity in Cameroon: Kedjom 'traditional doctors' and an ambivalent clientele / Kent Maynard. Sexual orientation and gender identity among Zulu diviners / Gina Buijs -- Learning to be an acupuncturist, and not becoming one / Elisabeth Hsu -- Necessary in-betweens: auxiliary workers in a nursing-home hierarchy / Janette Davies -- Midwives' identity in a British hospital: the cost of a normal birth / Jenny Littlewood.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (162 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616; Physicians -- Cross-cultural studies; Medicine -- Cross-cultural studies; Professional socialization; Group identity; Self; Group identity; Medicine; Physicians; Professional socialization; Self; Heilberuf; Persönlichkeitsfaktor; Kulturvergleich; Läkare; Hälso- och sjukvård; Identitet (psykologi); Gruppidentitet; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Health Personnel -- psychology; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Ethnic Groups -- psychology; Self Concept; Social Identification; Cross-cultural studies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789205961; 1789205964
• Related ISBNs: 9781845450380; 1845450388; 9781845451004; 1845451007
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.