The Changing Nature of American Medicine.

The application of sociological theory to the changing medical profession and to the public's perception of this change in the 1970's and early 1980's offers a much-needed and unique theoretical perspective to the issue, and the particular application of the theories of Max Weber aid in the understa...

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Publicado en:Journal of American Culture (01911813) Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 43 - 52
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Winter86
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Sumario:The application of sociological theory to the changing medical profession and to the public's perception of this change in the 1970's and early 1980's offers a much-needed and unique theoretical perspective to the issue, and the particular application of the theories of Max Weber aid in the understanding of the trend toward the deprofessionalization of medicine.