1st Edition

The Medical Elite Training for Leadership

By Stephen Miller Copyright 1970
266 Pages
by Routledge

265 Pages
by Routledge

265 Pages
by Routledge

In the tradition of C. Wright Mills, Stephen J. Miller defines and analyzes the power of the medical elite in American elite. He describes a group of interns who are becoming the successors of the physicians who determine the character of medicine in a complex society. The group is at the Harvard Medical Unit of the Boston City Hospital, and its members are heirs apparent to the elite of the... Read more
Acknowledgments Foreword 1.The Medical Elite A Framework for the Study2.Problems and Proof of Observations3.The Harvard Unit at Boston City Hospital4.Candidates for the Medical Elite5.The Work of an Internship6.Learning the Work of an Internship7.Social Exchange and Dynamics of Work8.Perspectives on Work9.Is an Elite Internship Different?10.ConclusionAppendix: The Performance of Harvard Interns on Part III of the National BoardsIndex

Biography

Stephen Miller