Physicians as 'organic intellectuals': A contribution to the stratification versus deprofessionalization debate

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-285

  Filc, Dani ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Deprofessionalization; Health care; Hegemony; Managed care; Medical profession; Neo liberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748280474     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699306067709     Document Type: Article

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