
The Making of Rehabilitation
A Political Economy of Medical Specialization, 1890-1980
University of California Press
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 20. April 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-520-06604-5 (ISBN)
Description
Focusing on the history of one medical field--rehabilitation medicine--this book provides the first systematic analysis of the underlying forces that shape medical specialization, challenging traditional explanations of occupational specialization.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-06604-5 (9780520066045)
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Glenn Gritzer | Arnold Arluke
The Making of Rehabilitation
A Political Economy of Medical Specialization, 1890-1980
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04/1989
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Naval Institute Press
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Persons
Glenn Gritzer is Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Long Island University. Arnold Arluke is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern University, Boston.
Content
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1.Introduction:The Natural Growth Model
The Market Model
Rehabilitation Medicine
2.The Bases for Specialization, 1890-1917
Electricity: A Base for Organization
Early Champions of Electricity
Physicians Organize
Enlarging the Base
Internal Competition
External Competition
The Response to AMA Rejection
3.War and the Organization of Work, 1917-1920
The War Wounded and Occupational Conflict
Internal Competition
External Conflict
The Origins of the Allied Occupations
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
The Impact of War
4.Foundations for a Division of Labor, 1920-1941
Physical Therapy Physicians Between the Wars
Professional Developments
The Battle Against Competitors
The Allied Occupations: Institutionalization and Subordination
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
5.The Rediscovery of Rehabilitation, 1941-1950
World War II and Physical Medicine
The Influence of "Outsiders"
Expansion and a New Name
Allied Occupations in the War
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Early Postwar Years
The Veterans Administration
The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service
The Allied Occupations
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Midcentury
6.The Redivision of Labor, 1950-1980
Pursuit of Autonomy
The Rise of Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy's Market Mistakes
The Fall from Power
Marginality and Supply Problems
Market Challenges
EPILOGUE
The Bases for Rigidity and Imperialism
APPENDIXES
A. Changes in Occupational Titles
B. Professional Associations and Journals: Physicians
C. Professional Associations and Journals: Allied Occupations
NOTES
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1.Introduction:The Natural Growth Model
The Market Model
Rehabilitation Medicine
2.The Bases for Specialization, 1890-1917
Electricity: A Base for Organization
Early Champions of Electricity
Physicians Organize
Enlarging the Base
Internal Competition
External Competition
The Response to AMA Rejection
3.War and the Organization of Work, 1917-1920
The War Wounded and Occupational Conflict
Internal Competition
External Conflict
The Origins of the Allied Occupations
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
The Impact of War
4.Foundations for a Division of Labor, 1920-1941
Physical Therapy Physicians Between the Wars
Professional Developments
The Battle Against Competitors
The Allied Occupations: Institutionalization and Subordination
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
5.The Rediscovery of Rehabilitation, 1941-1950
World War II and Physical Medicine
The Influence of "Outsiders"
Expansion and a New Name
Allied Occupations in the War
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Early Postwar Years
The Veterans Administration
The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service
The Allied Occupations
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Midcentury
6.The Redivision of Labor, 1950-1980
Pursuit of Autonomy
The Rise of Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy's Market Mistakes
The Fall from Power
Marginality and Supply Problems
Market Challenges
EPILOGUE
The Bases for Rigidity and Imperialism
APPENDIXES
A. Changes in Occupational Titles
B. Professional Associations and Journals: Physicians
C. Professional Associations and Journals: Allied Occupations
NOTES
INDEX