Medical Dominance - The division of labour in Australian health care (Hardcover)

Medical Dominance, now in a revised edition, provides a fascinating account of the medical profession's successful domination of a wide range of health care services. Evan Willis delves into the past to explain the existing division of labour and health care, the rise of the medical profession to a position of economic power within the health system, and their defence of that dominant position. Now completely revised and updated, this edition also considers the related question of the policy implications of medical dominance. The defence by doctors of their position of power is highlighted by the author's exhaustive and original research into demarcation struggles between medicine and other health occupations, in particular midwifery, optometry and chiropractic. Conventional explanations of medical dominance are challenged by the argument that the role of developments in medical knowledge and in technology itself have been overstated. As well, greater account must be taken of the social relations and struggles which developed for control of that knowledge and technology.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2021
First published:	1989
Authors:	Evan Willis
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-71875-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Medicine > General issues > General Promotions
LSN:	0-367-71875-8
Barcode:	9780367718756

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