The Sociology of Medical Regulation An Introduction /

• Main Author: Chamberlain, John Martyn (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Medicine > History.; Medical ethics.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; History of Medicine.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the complex issues surrounding the regulation of the medical profession. It offers up-to-date information on the current legislative framework and institutional arrangements surrounding the regulation in the United Kingdom. Well organized and written...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction: Medical Governance in the Risky Age of the Surveillance Society
• Chapter 2: Biomedicine, Medicalization and Risk
• Chapter 3: Doctors, Patients, Managers and the State
• Chapter 4: Sociological Deconstructions I: Critiquing Medical Autonomy and Altruism
• Chapter 5: Sociological Deconstructions II: Governmentality and Restraification
• Chapter 6: Restratification and Revalidation: United Kingdom and International Perspectives
• Chapter 7: Restratification and the Hearing of Fitness to Practice Cases
• Chapter 8: Epilogue: Sociology, Medical Governance and Citizenship.