Managing Medical Authority - 9780691223568

Princeton University Press

Managing Medical AuthorityHow Doctors Compete for Status and Create Knowledge\nAuthor(s): Daniel A. Menchik\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691223568, 978-0691223568\nSynopsis\nHow the authority of medicine is continuously shaped by relationships among physicians, industry, colleagues, and organizations \n\nExploring how the authority of medicine is controlled, negotiated, and organized, Managing Medical Authority asks: How is knowledge shared throughout the profession? Who makes decisions when your heart malfunctionsphysicians, hospital administrators, or private companies who sell pacemakers? How do physicians gain and keep their influence? Arguing that medicines authority is managed in collegial competition across venues, Daniel Menchik examines the full range of stakeholders driving the direction of the field: medical trainees, clinicians, researchers, administrators, and even the corporati.