{"product_id":"profession-of-medicine-a-study-of-the-sociology-of-applied-knowledge-9780226262284","title":"Profession of Medicine: A Study of the Sociology of Applied Knowledge","description":"\"Must be judged as a landmark in medical sociology.\"--Norman Denzin, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Health and Social Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eProfession of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e 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. . . . \u003ci\u003eProfession of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark in the sociological analysis of the professions in modern society.\"--Ron Miller, \u003ci\u003eSociological Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eliot Freidson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.55w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226262284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreidson, Eliot:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eEliot Freidson\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor emeritus of sociology at New York University and visiting professor of sociology at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eProfessional Powers: A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eProfessionalism Reborn: Theory, Prophecy, and Policy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44812765921395,"sku":"9780226262284","price":72.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_fe82073a-eb28-4496-b570-d139e23e4c91.jpg?v=1776777231","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/profession-of-medicine-a-study-of-the-sociology-of-applied-knowledge-9780226262284","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}