| Description |
xix, 419 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
The emergence of medicine as a consulting profession -- Political organization and professional autonomy -- The medical division of labor -- The formal characteristics of a profession -- Everyday work settings of the professional -- Patterns of practice in the hospital -- The test of autonomy : professional self-regulation -- The clinical mentality -- Profession as organization : formal and informal -- Illness as social deviance -- Sociological types of illness -- The professional construction of concepts of illness -- The lay construction of illness -- The social organization of illness -- The limits of professional knowledge -- The limits of professional autonomy |
| Notes |
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, c1970 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Knowledge, Sociology of.
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Medicine.
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Social medicine.
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Medicine.
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Professional Practice.
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Sociology.
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| LC no. |
88001328 |
| ISBN |
0226262286 |
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