Profession of medicine : a study of the sociology of applied knowledge /
Freidson, Eliot, 1923-2005
Profession of medicine : a study of the sociology of applied knowledge / Eliot Freidson ; with a new afterword by the author. - University of Chicago Press edition. - xix, 419 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The emergence of medicine as a consulting profession -- Political organization and professional autonomy -- The medical division of labor -- The formal characteristics of a profession -- 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 -- 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 -- The limits of professional knowledge -- The limits of professional autonomy -- -- 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. Part I. 1. 2. 3. 4. Part II. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Part III. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Part IV. 15. 16.
""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 professional claim, and the structure of professional institutions."--Everett C. Hughes, Science"--Publisher description.
0226262286 9780226262284
88001328
Medicine.
Social medicine.
Sociology.
R690 / .F74 1988
306.461
Profession of medicine : a study of the sociology of applied knowledge / Eliot Freidson ; with a new afterword by the author. - University of Chicago Press edition. - xix, 419 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The emergence of medicine as a consulting profession -- Political organization and professional autonomy -- The medical division of labor -- The formal characteristics of a profession -- 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 -- 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 -- The limits of professional knowledge -- The limits of professional autonomy -- -- 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. Part I. 1. 2. 3. 4. Part II. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Part III. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Part IV. 15. 16.
""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 professional claim, and the structure of professional institutions."--Everett C. Hughes, Science"--Publisher description.
0226262286 9780226262284
88001328
Medicine.
Social medicine.
Sociology.
R690 / .F74 1988
306.461