Profession of Medicine : A Study of the Sociology of Applied Knowledge
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0226262286
ISBN-13
9780226262284
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 15th, 1988
Print length
440 Pages
Weight
576 grams
Dimensions
14.30 x 21.90 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
AnthropologyMedicine
Ksh 7,000.00
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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 professional claim, and the structure of professional institutions."—Everett C. Hughes, Science
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