Medical Work in America Essays on Health Care Eliot Freidson

Format:
Paperback
Publication date:
10 Sep 1989
ISBN:
9780300041583
Dimensions:
288 pages: 229 x 152 x 16mm
Illustrations:
black & white illustrations

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.