2nd Edition

Doctors and Rules A Sociology of Professional Values

By Joseph M. Jacob Copyright 1999
320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

Doctors and Rules is a unique and immensely scholarly book. It draws on material which has informed our civilization, including many of the social sciences-history, sociology, and psychology, as well as law. The author accesses the current importance of the Hippocratic tradition within medicine, and puts forward various models of its practice. He seeks to expose the often inarticulated... Read more
1: An introduction; 2: Medical practice; 3: Theories of medicine; 4: The profession of medicine: Some more history; 5: Professionalism; 6: Administration and medicine; 7: Conclusion

Biography

Joseph M. Jacob