Sylvie Fainzang: 2 books

Book cover of An Anthropology of Lying

An Anthropology of Lying

Information in the Doctor-Patient Relationship

by Sylvie Fainzang
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016

In the era of health democracy, where a patient’s right to be informed is not only widely advocated but also guaranteed by law, what is the real situation regarding patient information? Do patients receive the information that they request with regard to their diagnosis, prognosis or treatments?...
Book cover of Self-Medication and Society

Self-Medication and Society

Mirages of Autonomy

by Sylvie Fainzang
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016

The question of recourse to self-medication arises at the intersection of two partly antagonistic discourses: that of the public authorities, who advocate the practice primarily for economic reasons, and that of health professionals, who condemn it for fear that it may pose a danger to health and...
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