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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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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- Medical Work, Medical Knowledge and Health Care: A Sociology of Health & Illness Reader (Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs) by Ellen Annandale in Front Matter, page 235, and page 350
- The Practice of Autonomy: Patients, Doctors, and Medical Decisions by Carl E. Schneider in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)