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P.C., M.D.

P.C., M.D.

by Sally Satel
P.C., M.D.
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P.C., M.D.

P.C., M.D.

by Sally Satel

Overview

Drawing on a wealth of information PC, M.D. documents for the first time what happens when the tenets of political correctness-including victimology, multiculturalism, rejection of fixed truths and individual autonomy-are allowed to enter the fortress of medicine.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780465071838
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 01/04/2002
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 5.38(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sally Satel is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, a lecturer at Yale University School of Medicine, and a practicing psychiatrist. The author of PC, M.D., she holds an MD from Brown University. Satel lives in Washington, DC.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsix
Introduction: PC Medicine--Hazardous to Your Health1
1Public Health and the Quest for Social Justice9
2Inmates Take Over the Asylum45
3Nursing Grudges77
4Sisterhood and Medicine103
5Crack Moms of South Carolina131
6Race and Medicine155
7Therapy for Victims193
Epilogue: The Indoctrinologist Isn't In ... Yet231
Notes235
Index271
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