Medical Professionals and the Organization of Knowledge Pdf

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Edition: 1st Paperback Ed
Release: 2008-08-30
Publisher: Aldine Transaction
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0202362086
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

Medical Professionals and the Organization of Knowledge pdf
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Medical Professionals and the Organization of Knowledge conveys how medical people shape and organize the knowledge, perception, and experience of illness, as well as the substance of illness behavior, its management, and treatment. It is now well established that the unique symbolic equipment of the human animal is intimately connected with the functioning of the body. Freidson and Lorber believe that the proper understanding of specifically human rather than generally "animal" illness requires careful and systematic study of the social meanings surrounding illness. The content of social meanings varies from culture to culture and from one historical period to another. As important as the content of those social meanings, is the organization of groups who serve as carriers and, sometimes, creators. In the case of illness, a critical difference exists between those considered to be competent to diagnose and treat the sick and those excluded from this special privilege--a separation a Download Medical Professionals and the Organization of Knowledge for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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