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Article: Medicine and Culture: Varieties of Treatment in the United States, England, West Germany, and France.
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- HealthFacts
- Article date:
- January 1, 1989
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MEDICINE & CULTURE: Varieties of Treatment in the United States, England, West Germany, and France
Firmly rooted in science as it is, medical practice might be expected to have uniformity. Working as a medical journalist in Europe for several years, American Lynn Payer found wide variations in the practice of medicine that can be directly attributed to differing cultural values. The four countries were chosen because their medicine has influence far beyond their respective borders. Moreover, the most relevant statistics, such as life expectancy and infant and maternal mortality, are roughly equivalent in the U.S, England, France, and West Germany.
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