02107    a2200397   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001600136072001500152072001400167072001600181072001500197072001500212072001600227072001400243072001300257072001200270072001400282072001300296072001300309072001600322072002100338072002100359072002000380100001800400245010300418250000600521260003200527300001000559520112500569999001501694103209005720250317100403.0250312042021GB                   eng    a9781032090054  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 41.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJBFN2thema7 aMBS2thema7 aMX2thema7 aMBDC2thema7 aJHB2thema7 aGTM2thema7 a1FPJ2bisac7 aJFFH2bic7 aMBS2bic7 aMX2bic7 aMBDC2bic7 aJHB2bic7 aGTB2bic7 a1FPJ2bisac7 aSOC0000002bisac7 aSOC0530002bisac7 a615.50712bisac1 aMiho Ushiyama10aIncorporating Patient Knowledge in Japan and the UKbA Study of Eczema and the Steroid Controversy  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20210630  a156 p  bSince the turn of the millennium, the potential for patients’ knowledge to contribute to medical knowledge has been increasingly recognized by medical sociologists and anthropologists. Where previously such knowledge may have been written off as 'beliefs' and assumed to be inaccurate when it contradicted established medical science, it is increasingly recognized that patients—especially those with chronic conditions—can add a valuable perspective to the clinical knowledge of medical professionals. Sometimes this means working together to reassess treatment priorities, and at other times it may mean a patient-led movement to influence the direction of new research, based on patients’ experiences. Ushiyama takes the case of eczema (atopic dermatitis)—a chronic condition with a history of patient-led controversy over treatment methods - as a case study in how patient knowledge has come to affect change in medical practice. Comparing ethnographic fieldwork from Japan and the UK, she builds a complex picture of the differences in approach to treatment in light of attitudes to patients’ knowledge.  c1486d1486