In the Shadow of Medicine
Remaking the Division of Labor in Health Care (Reynolds Series in Sociology)
Published on 1. January 1990
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-930390-28-0 (ISBN)
Description
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Reviews / Votes
A useful review of the recent literature on professions auxiliary to medicine, with stress on physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and, more unusually, pharmacists. -- Elliott A. Krause * Northeastern University *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
399 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-930390-28-0 (9780930390280)
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Content
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Professions and Professionals in Modern Times Chapter 3 The Growth of Bureaucratic Medicine Chapter 4 Reinventing Primary Care: The Training of Physician Extenders Chapter 5 Social Approval of Physician Extenders and Institutional Barriers Chapter 6 Efforts to Change the Image of Pharmacy Chapter 7 Cultural Authority and Boundary-Work: Creating Markets for Clinical Pharmacy Chapter 8 The Expansion of Pharmacy and the Shortfall in Clinical Positions: Discontinuities between Production and Distribution Chapter 9 Current Behavior and Future Directions