It takes the average reader 5 hours and 12 minutes to read The Politics of Medical Encounters by Howard Waitzkin
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The complaints that patients bring to their doctors often have roots in social issues that involve work, family life, gender roles and sexuality, aging, substance use; or other problems of nonmedical origin. In this book, physician/sociologist Howard Waitzkin examines interactions between patients and doctors to show how physicians' focus on physical complaints often fails to address patients' underlying concerns and also reinforces the societal problems that cause or aggravate these maladies. A progressive doctor-patient relationship, Waitzkin argues, fosters social change. Waitzkin provides...
The Politics of Medical Encounters by Howard Waitzkin is 311 pages long, and a total of 78,061 words.
This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 6 minutes to read The Politics of Medical Encounters aloud.
The Politics of Medical Encounters is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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