Fox, Renée C. (Renée Claire) 1928-
Overview
| Works: | 60 works in 257 publications in 4 languages and 10,346 library holdings |
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| Genres: | History Case studies Conference papers and proceedings Biography Periodicals Essays |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Honoree, Actor |
| Classifications: | RD120.7, 362.19795 |
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Most widely held works about
Renée C Fox
- In the field : a sociologist's journey by Renée C Fox( Book )
- by Mary Catherine Bateson( )
Most widely held works by
Renée C Fox
The courage to fail : a social view of organ transplants and dialysis by
Renée C Fox(
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28 editions published between 1974 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,080 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
28 editions published between 1974 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,080 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Spare parts : organ replacement in American Society by
Renée C Fox(
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17 editions published between 1992 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 879 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The developments that have occurred in the field of organ transplantation during the 1980s and early 1990s, and the simultaneous rise and fall of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart, are the subject of this vividly written and absorbing new book. In Spare Parts, fascinating, interconnected stories of organ transplantation and the artificial heart are recounted in an interpretive framework that explores the vision of "the replaceable body." Themes of uncertainty, gift exchange, and the allocation of scarce material and non-material resources underscore a discussion that openly examines the escalating ardor about the goodness of repairing and remaking people with transplanted organs. Likewise, the stories open questions of life and death, identity, and solidarity. This important book offers insights into the symbolic and anthropomorphic meanings associated with the human body and its organs, and into the ways that medical professionals come to terms with the concomitant aspects of transferring vital body parts. Both artificial and donor organs, as well as the process of transplantation, are the subject of a thoughtful discussion which touches on the medical myths and rituals that they generate. Chronologically, Spare Parts begins where the authors' previous book, The Courage to Fail leaves off. More than a sequel, however, this work reflects their increasingly troubled and critical reactions to the expansion of organ replacement. Likely to be controversial, this book is must reading for bioethicists, medical sociologists and anthropologists, health-care lawyers, planners, and administrators, nurses, physicians, medical journalists and science writers, and concerned lay readers
17 editions published between 1992 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 879 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The developments that have occurred in the field of organ transplantation during the 1980s and early 1990s, and the simultaneous rise and fall of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart, are the subject of this vividly written and absorbing new book. In Spare Parts, fascinating, interconnected stories of organ transplantation and the artificial heart are recounted in an interpretive framework that explores the vision of "the replaceable body." Themes of uncertainty, gift exchange, and the allocation of scarce material and non-material resources underscore a discussion that openly examines the escalating ardor about the goodness of repairing and remaking people with transplanted organs. Likewise, the stories open questions of life and death, identity, and solidarity. This important book offers insights into the symbolic and anthropomorphic meanings associated with the human body and its organs, and into the ways that medical professionals come to terms with the concomitant aspects of transferring vital body parts. Both artificial and donor organs, as well as the process of transplantation, are the subject of a thoughtful discussion which touches on the medical myths and rituals that they generate. Chronologically, Spare Parts begins where the authors' previous book, The Courage to Fail leaves off. More than a sequel, however, this work reflects their increasingly troubled and critical reactions to the expansion of organ replacement. Likely to be controversial, this book is must reading for bioethicists, medical sociologists and anthropologists, health-care lawyers, planners, and administrators, nurses, physicians, medical journalists and science writers, and concerned lay readers
Doctors without borders : humanitarian quests, impossible dreams of Médecins sans frontières by
Renée C Fox(
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13 editions published between 2014 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 583 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This study of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) casts new light on the organization's founding principles, distinctive culture, and inner struggles to realize more fully its "without borders" transnational vision ... The book begins with moving, detailed accounts from the blogs of women and men working for MSF in the field. From there, Fox chronicles the organization's early history and development, paying special attention to its struggles during the first decades of its existence to clarify and implement its principles. The core of the book is centered on her observations in the field of MSF's efforts to combat a rampant epidemic of HIV/AIDS in postapartheid South Africa and the organization's response to two challenges in postsocialist Russia: an enormous surge in homelessness on the streets of Moscow and a massive epidemic of tuberculosis in the penal colonies of Siberia. Fox's accounts of these crises exemplify MSF's struggles to provide for thousands of people in need when both the populations and the aid workers are in danger. Enriched by vivid photographs of MSF operations and by ironic, self-critical cartoons drawn by a member of the Communications Department of MSF France, Doctors Without Borders highlights the bold mission of the renowned international humanitarian organization even as it demonstrates the intrinsic dilemmas of humanitarian action."--Publisher's description
13 editions published between 2014 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 583 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This study of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) casts new light on the organization's founding principles, distinctive culture, and inner struggles to realize more fully its "without borders" transnational vision ... The book begins with moving, detailed accounts from the blogs of women and men working for MSF in the field. From there, Fox chronicles the organization's early history and development, paying special attention to its struggles during the first decades of its existence to clarify and implement its principles. The core of the book is centered on her observations in the field of MSF's efforts to combat a rampant epidemic of HIV/AIDS in postapartheid South Africa and the organization's response to two challenges in postsocialist Russia: an enormous surge in homelessness on the streets of Moscow and a massive epidemic of tuberculosis in the penal colonies of Siberia. Fox's accounts of these crises exemplify MSF's struggles to provide for thousands of people in need when both the populations and the aid workers are in danger. Enriched by vivid photographs of MSF operations and by ironic, self-critical cartoons drawn by a member of the Communications Department of MSF France, Doctors Without Borders highlights the bold mission of the renowned international humanitarian organization even as it demonstrates the intrinsic dilemmas of humanitarian action."--Publisher's description
Essays in medical sociology : journeys into the field by
Renée C Fox(
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17 editions published between 1979 and 1988 in English and held by 534 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
17 editions published between 1979 and 1988 in English and held by 534 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Organ transplantation : meanings and realities(
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6 editions published between 1979 and 1996 in English and held by 506 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Discussing the far-reaching connections of transplantation to human experiences, this text raises questions that are at once elemental and transcendent. It explores matters of life and death, body and mind, psyche and soul
6 editions published between 1979 and 1996 in English and held by 506 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Discussing the far-reaching connections of transplantation to human experiences, this text raises questions that are at once elemental and transcendent. It explores matters of life and death, body and mind, psyche and soul
Experiment perilous; physicians and patients facing the unknown by
Renée C Fox(
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24 editions published between 1959 and 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 480 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In 1951, author Renee C. Fox became part of a team composed of metabolic experts, psychiatrists, social workers, and a psychologist who were to pool their methods, seeking understanding of the "human organism's response to life stress". Ms. Fox, a doctoral student in sociology, became an active part of life on Ward-F Second for a part of 1951-52. The patients suffer from a wide range of disorders. The Metabolic Research Group is a team of young physicians who are not only treating these patients, but also pursuing research on them, seeking cures. There is tension, stress, ambivalence, and differing degrees of personal investment. The report describes a small but important part of the medical world; its insights are particularly valuable for students and teachers in social work, medicine, and allied fields
24 editions published between 1959 and 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 480 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In 1951, author Renee C. Fox became part of a team composed of metabolic experts, psychiatrists, social workers, and a psychologist who were to pool their methods, seeking understanding of the "human organism's response to life stress". Ms. Fox, a doctoral student in sociology, became an active part of life on Ward-F Second for a part of 1951-52. The patients suffer from a wide range of disorders. The Metabolic Research Group is a team of young physicians who are not only treating these patients, but also pursuing research on them, seeking cures. There is tension, stress, ambivalence, and differing degrees of personal investment. The report describes a small but important part of the medical world; its insights are particularly valuable for students and teachers in social work, medicine, and allied fields
The Social meaning of death(
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4 editions published in 1980 in English and held by 447 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 1980 in English and held by 447 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Observing bioethics by
Renée C Fox(
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18 editions published between 2008 and 2011 in English and held by 380 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Based on original primary and extensive secondary source materials, the book views bioethics as a complex phenomenon that is not only related to advances in modern biology, medicine, and biotechnology but also to the fundamental values and beliefs and larger moral and existential questions which American society has been collectively grappling in its courts, legislatures, and media. Although they center their analysis on U.S. bioethics, the authors also trace the field's international spread, including case studies of bioethics in France and Pakistan - two of the many societies in which it has developed. While recognizing the intellectual, moral and sociological importance of American bioethics, they are critical of certain of its characteristics. Concerned about their implications-especially the problems of thinking socially, culturally, and internationally that have existed since bioethics' inception; the field's "tenuous interdisciplinarity"; and the extent to which the "culture wars" on the larger American scene have recently penetrated it
18 editions published between 2008 and 2011 in English and held by 380 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Based on original primary and extensive secondary source materials, the book views bioethics as a complex phenomenon that is not only related to advances in modern biology, medicine, and biotechnology but also to the fundamental values and beliefs and larger moral and existential questions which American society has been collectively grappling in its courts, legislatures, and media. Although they center their analysis on U.S. bioethics, the authors also trace the field's international spread, including case studies of bioethics in France and Pakistan - two of the many societies in which it has developed. While recognizing the intellectual, moral and sociological importance of American bioethics, they are critical of certain of its characteristics. Concerned about their implications-especially the problems of thinking socially, culturally, and internationally that have existed since bioethics' inception; the field's "tenuous interdisciplinarity"; and the extent to which the "culture wars" on the larger American scene have recently penetrated it
After Parsons--a theory of social action for the 21st century by
Renée C Fox(
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14 editions published in 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Esteemed twentieth-century sociologist Talcott Parsons sought to develop a comprehensive and coherent scheme for sociology that could be applied to every society and historical epoch and address every aspect of human social organization and culture. His theory of social action has exerted enormous influence across a wide range of social science disciplines. After Parsons, edited by Renee C. Fox, Victor M. Lidz, and Harold J. Bershady, provides a critical reexamination of Parsons's theory in light of historical changes in the world and advances in sociological thought since his death." "After Parsons is a fresh examination of Parsons's theoretical undertaking, its significance for social scientific thought, and its implications for present-day empirical research. After Parsons addresses major themes of enduring relevance, including social differentiation and cultural diversity, social solidarity, universalism and particularism, and trust and affect in social life. The contributors explore these topics in a wide range of social institutions - family and kinship, economy, polity, the law, medicine, art, and religion - and within the context of contemporary developments such as globalization, the power of the United States as an "empireless empire," the emergence of forms of fundamentalism, the upsurge of racial, tribal, and ethnic conflicts, and the increasing occurrence of deterministic and positivistic thought. Rather than simply celebrating Parsons and his accomplishments, the contributors to After Parsons rethink and reformulate his ideas to place them on more solid foundations, extend their scope, and strengthen their empirical insights." "After Parsons constitutes the work of a distinguished roster of sociologists who find Parsons's theory of action a valuable resource for addressing contemporary issues in sociological theory. All of the chapters in this volume take elements of Parsons's theory and critique, adapt, refine, or extend them to gain fresh purchase on problems that confront sociologists today."--Jacket
14 editions published in 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Esteemed twentieth-century sociologist Talcott Parsons sought to develop a comprehensive and coherent scheme for sociology that could be applied to every society and historical epoch and address every aspect of human social organization and culture. His theory of social action has exerted enormous influence across a wide range of social science disciplines. After Parsons, edited by Renee C. Fox, Victor M. Lidz, and Harold J. Bershady, provides a critical reexamination of Parsons's theory in light of historical changes in the world and advances in sociological thought since his death." "After Parsons is a fresh examination of Parsons's theoretical undertaking, its significance for social scientific thought, and its implications for present-day empirical research. After Parsons addresses major themes of enduring relevance, including social differentiation and cultural diversity, social solidarity, universalism and particularism, and trust and affect in social life. The contributors explore these topics in a wide range of social institutions - family and kinship, economy, polity, the law, medicine, art, and religion - and within the context of contemporary developments such as globalization, the power of the United States as an "empireless empire," the emergence of forms of fundamentalism, the upsurge of racial, tribal, and ethnic conflicts, and the increasing occurrence of deterministic and positivistic thought. Rather than simply celebrating Parsons and his accomplishments, the contributors to After Parsons rethink and reformulate his ideas to place them on more solid foundations, extend their scope, and strengthen their empirical insights." "After Parsons constitutes the work of a distinguished roster of sociologists who find Parsons's theory of action a valuable resource for addressing contemporary issues in sociological theory. All of the chapters in this volume take elements of Parsons's theory and critique, adapt, refine, or extend them to gain fresh purchase on problems that confront sociologists today."--Jacket
The sociology of medicine : a participant observer's view by
Renée C Fox(
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9 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 347 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
9 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 347 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The emerging physician; a sociological approach to the development of a Congolese medical profession, by Willy De Craemer
and Renée C. Fox by
Willy De Craemer(
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14 editions published between 1967 and 1968 in English and held by 250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
14 editions published between 1967 and 1968 in English and held by 250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the Belgian château : the spirit and culture of a European society in an age of change by
Renée C Fox(
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8 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 215 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When Renee Fox first traveled to Brussels in 1959 to study the Belgian institutions of medical research, she scarcely realized how strongly Belgium's way of life would take hold of her. Fascinated by the culture and its people, she began thirty-five years of investigation of that small European country. Moving across Belgium's geography and society, Ms. Fox uses her autobiography as a wedge to explore the ways of life of the chateaux and their inhabitants. Blending social and cultural analysis with ethnography, contemporary history, interviews, and her personal reflections, she succeeds in conveying the values, images, atmosphere, and world-view of a whole European society since World War II. Her encounters are with important powers in government and science, with great playwrights, with families of the middle class as well as those of wealth and stature, and with the routinized but socially revealing banks, railroads, and postal systems of Belgium. Her experiences in the African country of Zaire (formerly the Congo), at a time when it was pulling away from its status as a Belgian colony, make an insightful report on this moment of change
8 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 215 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When Renee Fox first traveled to Brussels in 1959 to study the Belgian institutions of medical research, she scarcely realized how strongly Belgium's way of life would take hold of her. Fascinated by the culture and its people, she began thirty-five years of investigation of that small European country. Moving across Belgium's geography and society, Ms. Fox uses her autobiography as a wedge to explore the ways of life of the chateaux and their inhabitants. Blending social and cultural analysis with ethnography, contemporary history, interviews, and her personal reflections, she succeeds in conveying the values, images, atmosphere, and world-view of a whole European society since World War II. Her encounters are with important powers in government and science, with great playwrights, with families of the middle class as well as those of wealth and stature, and with the routinized but socially revealing banks, railroads, and postal systems of Belgium. Her experiences in the African country of Zaire (formerly the Congo), at a time when it was pulling away from its status as a Belgian colony, make an insightful report on this moment of change
Society & medicine : essays in honor of Renée C. Fox(
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6 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 92 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 92 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
L'incertitude médicale by
Renée C Fox(
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5 editions published in 1988 in French and held by 21 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published in 1988 in French and held by 21 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bioethics and beyond(
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2 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 20 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 20 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A sociological perspective on organ transplantation and hemodialysis by
Renée C Fox(
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3 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Le château des Belges : un peuple se retrouve by
Renée C Fox(
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5 editions published in 1997 in French and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published in 1997 in French and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Annual review of sociology : Vol. 4, 1978(
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1 edition published in 1978 in English and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1978 in English and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the field : a sociologist's journey by
Renée C Fox(
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4 editions published between 2010 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the Field: A Sociologist's Journey, by Renée C. Fox, is a narrative account of her life as a sociologist. It is not a memoir in the conventional sense of the term. Rather, it is an ethnographic autobiography that draws on the vast amount of notes and documents that chronicle the span of her career and the places to which her perpetual field research has carried her.Fox's accounts of the firsthand research that she has conducted include studies of an "experiment perilous" hospital community formed by patients and physicians on a metabolic research ward; the professional education and socialization of medical students; social, cultural, and historical factors affecting medical research and research careers in a European society; organ transplantation, dialysis, and the development and implantation of an artificial heart; bioethics as a sociological phenomenon; and of the moral dilemmas associated with their medical humanitarian and human rights witnessing and advocacy action that Doctors Without Borders encounters.Integrating her research and this book are the recurrent themes that infuse her work training for uncertainty; the allocation of scarce material and non-material resources; the relationship between self and others, the individual and the community, detachment and concern, and the particular and the universal; the "double effects" of human action especially the harm that can result from intended good; and the questions of meaning posed by illness and accident, pain and suffering, and by death. It is Fox's commitment as a teacher and mentor of generations of students, in the United States and wherever she has traveled, with whom she has shared the experiences andlessons of her life "in the field," that lies at the heart of this book. This volume will inspire new generations of social researchers
4 editions published between 2010 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the Field: A Sociologist's Journey, by Renée C. Fox, is a narrative account of her life as a sociologist. It is not a memoir in the conventional sense of the term. Rather, it is an ethnographic autobiography that draws on the vast amount of notes and documents that chronicle the span of her career and the places to which her perpetual field research has carried her.Fox's accounts of the firsthand research that she has conducted include studies of an "experiment perilous" hospital community formed by patients and physicians on a metabolic research ward; the professional education and socialization of medical students; social, cultural, and historical factors affecting medical research and research careers in a European society; organ transplantation, dialysis, and the development and implantation of an artificial heart; bioethics as a sociological phenomenon; and of the moral dilemmas associated with their medical humanitarian and human rights witnessing and advocacy action that Doctors Without Borders encounters.Integrating her research and this book are the recurrent themes that infuse her work training for uncertainty; the allocation of scarce material and non-material resources; the relationship between self and others, the individual and the community, detachment and concern, and the particular and the universal; the "double effects" of human action especially the harm that can result from intended good; and the questions of meaning posed by illness and accident, pain and suffering, and by death. It is Fox's commitment as a teacher and mentor of generations of students, in the United States and wherever she has traveled, with whom she has shared the experiences andlessons of her life "in the field," that lies at the heart of this book. This volume will inspire new generations of social researchers
Margaret Mead by
Renée C Fox(
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2 editions published in 1979 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1979 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Swazey, Judith P. Author Editor
- Médecins sans frontières (Association)
- Parsons, Talcott 1902-1979 Author
- Lidz, Victor M. Editor
- Bershady, Harold J. Editor
- Watkins, Judith C. Contributor
- Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
- Youngner, Stuart J.
- O'Connell, Laurence J.
- De Craemer, Willy
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Anthropologists Anthropology--Research grants Bateson, Mary Catherine Belgium Bioethics Civilization Clinical medicine--Research--Moral and ethical aspects Clinical medicine--Research--Social aspects Congo (Democratic Republic) Death--Social aspects Dialysis Epidemics--Prevention Fox, Renée C.--(Renée Claire), Freeman, Derek Heart, Artificial Heart, Artificial--Moral and ethical aspects Hemodialysis Hemodialysis--Social aspects Human experimentation in medicine--Moral and ethical aspects Human experimentation in medicine--Social aspects Humanitarian assistance, French Mead, Margaret, Médecins sans frontières (Association) Medical assistance, French Medical education Medical ethics Medical innovations--Social aspects Medicine--Philosophy Medicine--Research--Social aspects Medicine--Vocational guidance Metabolism--Disorders Parsons, Talcott, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Physician and patient Physicians Politics and government Research Social action Social conditions Social medicine Sociologists Sociology Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Moral and ethical aspects Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Psychological aspects Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Religious aspects Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Social aspects United States Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae Voluntary health agencies
