Queen of the Professions
Subtitle: The Rise and Decline of Medical Prestige and Power in America
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781442226302
Subjects: Medicine, united states; Physicians; Medical ethics; Medical economics; Prestige; Power (social sciences); Autonomy; Monopolies
Description: "Only in the latter part of the nineteenth century did medicine achieve the full eight characteristics of a modern profession. And yet, so quickly, it has seen one--autonomy--erode significantly and is beginning to experience the crumbling of another: monopoly of the market of services. Can social prestige and economic rewards be far behind?"--Provided by publisher.