Profession of Medicine A Study of the Sociology of Applied Knowledge

Name: Profession of Medicine A Study of the Sociology of Applied Knowledge
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ISBN: 9780226262284

ISBN-10: 0226262286

ISBN-13: 9780226262284

Edition: 1988 (Reprint)

Authors: Eliot Freidson

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"Must be judged as a landmark in medical sociology."—Norman Denzin, Journal of Health and Social Behavior"Profession of Medicine is a challenging monograph; the ideas presented are stimulating and thought provoking. . . . Given the expanding domain of what illness is and the contentions of physicians about their rights as professionals, Freidson wonders aloud whether expertise is becoming a mask for privilege and power. . . . Profession of Medicine is a landmark in the sociological analysis of the professions in modern society."—Ron Miller, Sociological Quarterly"This is the first book that I know of to go to the root of the matter by laying open to view the fundamental nature of the…

Book details

List price: $46.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/15/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 440
Size: 7.40" wide x 8.46" long x 1.04" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Editor's Introduction


Preface


Introduction



The Formal Organization of a Profession



The Emergence of Medicine as a Consulting Profession



Political Organization and Professional Autonomy



The Medical Division of Labor



The Form Characteristics of a Profession



The Organization of Professional Performance



Everyday Work Settings of the Professional



Patterns of Practice in the Hospital



The Test of Autonomy; Professional Self-Regulation



The Clinical Mentality



Profession as Organization—Formal and Informal



The Social Construction of Illness



Illness as Social Deviance



Sociological Types of Illness



The Professional Construction of Concepts of Illness



The Lay Construction of Illness



The Social Organization of Illness



Consulting Professions in a Free Society



The Limits of Professional Knowledge



The Limits of Professional Autonomy


Afterword


Index of Names


Index of Subjects