Medical Work in America: Essays on Health Care

By Eliot Freidson

Book Overview

In this collection of essays, the distinguished medical sociologist Eliot Freidson examines the current status of the American medical profession. Showing that present-day health care policies and increasingly restrictive health insurance contracts adversely affect both doctor-patient and colleague relationships, Freidson offers a number of controversial proposals designed to avoid dehumanization of patients while reducing costs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300041586
• ISBN13: 9780300041583
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"