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Author:   Owen Dempsey
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138500730

ISBN 10:   1138500739
Pages:   140
Publication Date:   04 September 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The care paradox 2. Science and politics 3. Science and politics - a case history: breast cancer screening 4. Language, harm and overdiagnosis- a case history: the real cancer paradox 5. Politics and consciousness 6. Subjectivity, care-labour and Lacan's structures of discourse 7. Subjectivities of care- a case history: alienating identities 8. The opportunity costs of neoliberal pragmatist anticipatory care- a case history: A molecular genetic 'signature' for cancer risk 9. Two impossibilities: burnout and depersonalisation of care-giving 10. Neoliberal pragmatism incites perversion: the capitalist discourse 11. The Oedipus complex and perverse care-provision: a case history 12. The biopolitics of anticipatory care: Spinoza and the prohibition of health Conclusion

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""Dempsey’s approach to the perils of evidence-based medicine is novel, and makes for an interesting read. The majority of the points he makes are valid, and are the same ones many others make, though they may start from a different place philosophically."" - Mark K. Huntington, Family Medicine

Dempsey's approach to the perils of evidence-based medicine is novel, and makes for an interesting read. The majority of the points he makes are valid, and are the same ones many others make, though they may start from a different place philosophically. - Mark K. Huntington, Family Medicine

Author Information

Owen Dempsey is a medical doctor specialising in the care of marginalised communities including asylum seekers, refugees, and the homeless. Most recently he has focussed on substance and alcohol addiction in his work. He is also undertaking research into the practice and effects of EBM. He uses a discursive psycho-social approach to critique the effects of anticipatory diagnostic technologies through the relationship between Evidence Based Healthcare and capitalism.

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