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Author:   Katherine A. Foss
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.345kg
ISBN:  

9780739189931

ISBN 10:   073918993
Pages:   132
Publication Date:   15 October 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface: The Suspension of Disbelief and Medical Drama Chapter 1: The Health Responsibility Paradox and Televised Medical Dramas Chapter 2: The Doctor as Reaper, Hero, and Flawed Professional: Early American Medicine and its Shifting Representations Chapter 3: I have my hand on a bomb. I'm freaking out. And most importantly, I really have to pee. : American Health Care, 1970s-2000s and its Flawed Heroes Chapter 4: When we make mistakes, people die! (Or do they?): TV Medical Errors and the Code of Silence Chapter 5: If you had only... : Preventable Conditions and Patient Responsibility Chapter 6: But Dr., I read online that... : Patient Responsibility for Non-preventable Conditions Chapter 7: Beyond Medical Dramas: Connecting Media to Contemporary Health Care

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Foss did a rigorous textual analysis of these medical dramas and captured the individualistic tones and messages concerning people's health decisions. * Communication Booknotes Quarterly * Scholarly yet accessible, Television and Health Responsibility in an Age of Individualism offers insight into how television medical dramas influence our views of and responsibility for health care. Using social reality theory and the dominant American ideology of individualism, Foss helps explain the difficulty in bettering health care on a systemic level in the United States, and suggests ways television drama can help or hurt in this endeavor. The book is an entertaining and thoughtful critical analysis of a television genre and a timely reflection of health care, as Americans struggle with obesity and rising health care costs. -- Lynn Spangler, State University of New York at New Paltz

Scholarly yet accessible, Television and Health Responsibility in an Age of Individualism offers insight into how television medical dramas influence our views of and responsibility for health care. Using social reality theory and the dominant American ideology of individualism, Foss helps explain the difficulty in bettering health care on a systemic level in the United States, and suggests ways television drama can help or hurt in this endeavor. The book is an entertaining and thoughtful critical analysis of a television genre and a timely reflection of health care, as Americans struggle with obesity and rising health care costs. -- Lynn Spangler, State University of New York at New Paltz

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Katherine A. Foss is associate professor in the College of Mass Communication at Middle Tennessee State University.

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