"Between lives and deaths, between masks and escapes": a study on hospital medical practice
"Between lives and deaths, between masks and escapes": a study on hospital medical practice
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Rio de Janeiro: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Medicina Social
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Portuguese
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Rio de Janeiro: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Medicina Social
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The complex societies attribute to the physicians a superhuman knowledge that defies death and refuse to recognize death as part of life. In urgency and emergency services, several professionals work daily and nightly close to life and death. This article analyzes the Western medical practice, based on an ethnographic study conducted with medical p...
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"Between lives and deaths, between masks and escapes": a study on hospital medical practice
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1820608248
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1820608248
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0103-7331
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1809-4481
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10.1590/S0103-73312016000200006
