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- Title
Review Essay: Avoiding conventional understandings: the enduring legacy of Eliot Freidson.
- Authors
Bosk, Charles L.
- Abstract
The article reflects on the life and career of the late medical sociologist Eliot Freidson of New York University. The author discusses Freidson's influence on the study and teaching of the sociology of medicine. Books authored by Freidson include "The Profession of Medicine," "Doctoring Together: A Study in Professional Social Control," and "Professionalism: the Third Logic." Freidson's personal and professional history is described, including his family life and education. The author discusses Freidson's main topics of study, including the physician and patient relationship, medical ethics, and professionalization in medicine.
- Subjects
NEW York (N.Y.); UNITED States; FREIDSON, Eliot; SOCIOLOGY education; SOCIOLOGISTS; SOCIAL medicine; MEDICAL sociologists; PROFESSION of Medicine, The (Book); DOCTORING Together: A Study of Professional Social Control (Book); PROFESSIONALISM: The Third Logic (Book); NEW York University; EDUCATION
- Publication
Sociology of Health & Illness, 2006, Vol 28, Issue 5, p637
- ISSN
0141-9889
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.0141-9889.2006.511_1.x