Medical Professionals and the Organization of Knowledge

Conveys how medical people shape and organize the knowledge, perception, and experience of illness, as well as the substance of illness behavior, its management, and treatment. The authors believe that the understanding of specifically human rather than generally "animal" illness requires proper study of the social meanings surrounding illness.

Author: Eliot Freidson,Judith Lorber
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 07/01/2008
Pages: 504
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780202362083

About the Author
Freidson, Eliot: -

Eliot Freidson was Professor Emeritus of Sociology in the Graduate School of Arts and Science of New York University. He received his undergraduate, M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. Professor Freidson is past Chairman of the Research Committee for Medical Sociology of the International Sociological Association; he has also served on scientific advisory boards for the Social Security Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Center for Health Services Research and Development.