Rationalities and non-rationalities in clinical encounters: Methadone maintenance treatment and hormone replacement therapy

Rationality is central to modern biomedicine: not only are doctors expected to diagnose and prescribe rationally according to evidence-based guidelines, but patients are increasingly expected to behave in rational ways in their encounters with medical practitioners. Patients are offered guidance on...

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Main Authors: Roberts, C., Valentine, K., Fraser, Suzanne
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34537