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The social transformation of American medical education: class, status, and party influences on occupational closure, 1902–1919.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20939126     Owner:  HMD     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Applying Weber's theorizing on action and stratification, this study examines whether the early 20th-century extinction of half of the medical schools in the United States resulted from actions intended to serve class, status, and party interests by achieving social closure. Analyses reveal closure intentions in the school ratings assigned by the American Medical Association, although not in the recommendations in the 1910 Carnegie-sponsored Flexner report. In contrast to claims that schools failed largely because of economic exigencies, analyses indicate that failures were influenced by the AMA's and Flexner's assessments, as well as by state regulatory regimes and school characteristics.
Authors:
Richard M Weiss; Lynn E Miller
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Sociological quarterly     Volume:  51     ISSN:  0038-0253     ISO Abbreviation:  Sociol Q     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-12     Completed Date:  2010-12-30     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  20910410R     Medline TA:  Sociol Q     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  550-75     Citation Subset:  Q    
Affiliation:
University of Delaware.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Faculty, Medical / history
History, 20th Century
Politics*
Schools, Medical* / economics,  history,  legislation & jurisprudence
Social Change* / history
Social Class* / history
Social Perception
Socioeconomic Factors* / history
Students, Medical / history,  legislation & jurisprudence,  psychology
United States / ethnology

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