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By Melvin Konner. 250 pp. New York, Pantheon Books, 1993. $27.50. ISBN 0-679-40781-2.

Melvin Konner, an ethnologist (and former student of the !Kung San, or Bushmen), has written five books about medicine, including one chronicling his own education, Becoming a Doctor (New York: Viking, 1987 [reviewed in the Journal, 1988;318:125-127]). From the title of his most recent book, one expects a work describing some milestone or crossroads -- a crucial turning point for medicine -- where important decisions for the future must be made. Instead, the book is a leisurely, talkative, entertaining, and readable stroll through eight biomedical or ethical problems. These are issues and misunderstandings involved in the doctor-patient relationship; the debate . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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