Biomedicine by the eyes of Lynn Payer Review on the book “Medicine and Culture” (summary)

Abstract

The article represents a review of the book “Medicine and Culture: Varieties of Treatment in the United States, England, West Germany, and France” by American researcher and journalist Lynn Payer. The review’s author makes parallels with the works of other researchers from the sphere of the philosophy of medicine, sets apart the main ideas of the work and describes the book’s main advantages.