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The birth of the clinic

Paperback • 1963 • English

The birth of the clinic

By Michel Foucault

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The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception (Naissance de la clinique: une archéologie du regard médical, 1963), by Michel Foucault, presents the development of la clinique, the teaching hospital, as a medical institution, identifies and describes the concept of Le regard médical ("the medical gaze"), and the epistemic re-organisation of the research structures of medicine in the production of medical knowledge, at the end of the eighteenth century. Although originally limited ...Show more

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9780415307727

Published year

1963

Language

English

Original title

The birth of the clinic

Format

Paperback

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