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

By Eliot Freidson

Book Overview

"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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006042205X
• ISBN13: 9780060422059
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers
• Length: 409 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.