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Profession of Medicine: A Study of the Sociology of Applied Knowledge

Hardcover • 1988

Profession of Medicine: A Study of the Sociology of Applied Knowledge

By Eliot Freidson

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Must be judged as a landmark in medical sociology.--Norman Denzin, Journal of Health and Social BehaviorProfession 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...Show more

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9780226262284

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1988

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Profession of Medicine: A Study of the Sociology of Applied Knowledge

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