Bringing emotion and personal narrative into medical social science

A comment on Rose Weitz's "Watching Brian Die: The Rhetoric and Reality of Informed Consent" (1999) argues that, in adhering to clinical observation as a methodology, medical social science marginalizes the emotional & bodily aspects of medical crises. The influence of this method...

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Published inHealth (London, England : 1997) Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 229 - 237
Main Authors Ellis, Carolyn, Bochner, Arthur P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi SAGE Publications 01.04.1999
Sage Publications
Subjects
Bioethics
Informed Consent
Injuries
Medical Decision Making
Medical Sociology
Methodological Problems
Patients Rights
Researcher Subject Relations
Subjectivity
Terminal Illness
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ISSN1363-4593
1461-7196
DOI10.1177/136345939900300206

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Summary:A comment on Rose Weitz's "Watching Brian Die: The Rhetoric and Reality of Informed Consent" (1999) argues that, in adhering to clinical observation as a methodology, medical social science marginalizes the emotional & bodily aspects of medical crises. The influence of this methodology on Weitz's article is discussed. It is suggested that medical social science should empathize with, as well as observe, its subjects. 32 References. J. Ferrari
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ISSN:1363-4593
1461-7196
DOI:10.1177/136345939900300206