Preface -- Introduction -- The development of medical ascendancy -- Factors affecting physician demand and supply -- The socio-economic background of physicians -- The education of the physician -- Other health professions and occupations -- Sources of collegial control -- The development of third-party intervention -- The emergence of communal control -- Conclusions : the changing world of medicine and medical practice
Summary
In this study Bernard Blishen identifies the social and political pressures on the medical profession and assesses how it has responded to them
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-186) and index
Notes
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