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In the public interest : medical licensing and the disciplinary process /

In the Public Interest investigates the mechanisms that democratic societies have used to certify that those working as licensed doctors are properly trained and supervised as they deliver critical services to the public. It analyzes the workings of the crucial public institutions charged with maint...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Horowitz, Ruth, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2013.
Colección:Critical issues in health and medicine.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Public member, researcher, and public sociologist
  • How licensure became a medical institution
  • The Federal bureaucracy starts a public dialogue
  • The state, the media, and the shaping of public opinion
  • Rhetorics of law, medicine, and public interest shape board work
  • Medical and legal discourses in investigatory committees
  • Hearing and sanction deliberations : transparency and fact construction issues
  • Democratic deliberation and public interest.