Profession of medicine : a study of the sociology of applied knowledge / Eliot Freidson ; with a new afterword by the author.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988Edition: University of Chicago Press editionDescription: xix, 419 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0226262286
- 9780226262284
- 306.461
- R690 .F74 1988
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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 -- Part I. The Formal Organization of a Profession -- 1. The Emergence of Medicine as a Consulting Profession -- 2. Political Organization and Professional Autonomy -- 3. The Medical Division of Labor -- 4. The Form Characteristics of a Profession -- Part II. The Organization of Professional Performance -- 5. Everyday Work Settings of the Professional -- 6. Patterns of Practice in the Hospital -- 7. The Test of Autonomy -- Professional Self-Regulation -- 8. The Clinical Mentality -- 9. Profession as Organization-Formal and Informal -- Part III. The Social Construction of Illness -- 10. Illness as Social Deviance -- 11. Sociological Types of Illness -- 12. The Professional Construction of Concepts of Illness -- 13. The Lay Construction of Illness -- 14. The Social Organization of Illness -- Part IV. Consulting Professions in a Free Society -- 15. The Limits of Professional Knowledge -- 16. The Limits of Professional Autonomy -- Afterword.
""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.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, c1970.
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