Handbook of the sociology of medical education
By: edited by Caragh Brosnan and Bryan S. Turner.
Contributors: Brosnan, Caragh.; Turner, Bryan S.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780415460446
Subjects: Medical education -- Social aspects; Education, Medical; Sociology, Medical; Students, Medical
Other titles: Sociology of medical education
Description: The Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education provides a contemporary introduction to this classic area of sociology by examining the social origin and implications of the epistemological, organizational and demographic challenges facing medical education in the twenty-first century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the struggle over medical knowledge / Caragh Brosnan and Bryan S. Turner; title: The hidden curriculum : a theory of medical education / Frederic W. Hafferty and Brian Castellani; title: From classification to integration : Bernstein and the sociology of medical education / Paul Atkinson and Sara Delamont; title: Pierre Bourdieu and the theory of medical education : thinking "relationally" about medical students and medical curricula / Caragh Brosnan; title: The medical school culture / Heidi Lempp; title: Gender and medical education / Elianne Riska; title: The inclusion of disabled people in medical education / Gary L. Albrecht; title: The status of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in biomedical education : towards a critical engagement / Alex Broom and Jon Adams; title: Evidence-based medicine and medical education / Stefan Timmermans and Neetu Chawla; title: Crisis or renaissance? : a sociology of anatomy in UK medical education / Samantha Regan de Bere and Alan Petersen; title: Bioethics and medical education : lessons from the United States / Carla C. Keirns, Michael Fetters, and Raymond De Vries; title: Sociology in medical education / Graham Scambler; title: Epistemology, medical science, and problem-based learning : introducing an epistemological dimension into the medical school curriculum / Margot L. Lyon; title: Medical education and the American healthcare system / William C. Cockerham; title: Tomorrow's doctors, a changing profession : reformation in the UK medical education system / Oonagh Corrigan and Ian Pinchen; title: The challenges to achieving self-sufficiency in Canadian medical education / Ivy Lynn Bourgeault and Jennifer Aylward; title: Innovations in medical education : European convergence, politics, and culture / Fred C.J. Stevens.