In the Public Interest : Medical Licensing and the Disciplinary Process.
Title:
In the Public Interest : Medical Licensing and the Disciplinary Process.
Author:
Horowitz, Ruth.
ISBN:
9780813554280
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (278 pages)
Series:
Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
Contents:
Title Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. Medical Boards and the Public Interest -- Chapter 1. Public Member, Researcher, and Public Sociologist: The Genesis of a Project -- Chapter 2. How Licensure Became a Medical Institution -- Chapter 3. Public Participation: The Federal Bureaucracy Starts a Public Dialogue -- Chapter 4. The State, the Media, and the Shaping of Public Opinion -- Chapter 5. Rhetorics of Law, Medicine, and Public Interest Shape Board Work -- Chapter 6. Medical and Legal Discourses in Investigatory Committees -- Chapter 7. Hearing and Sanction Deliberations: Transparency and Fact Construction Issues -- Chapter 8. Democratic Deliberation and the Public Interest -- Conclusion. An Exercise in Democratic Governance -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
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 maintaining the safety and legitimacy of the U.S. medical profession and provides prescriptive measures, addresses problems in need of reform, and suggests new procedures, resource allocation, and education in medical oversight.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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