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Professionalism in Medicine
. Ed(S): Wear, Delese; Aultman, Julie M.
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Description for Professionalism in Medicine
Paperback. In this collection of essays, the authors don't argue with those attributes deemed to be the essence of professionalism in medicine. Instead, they ask questions of the discourse from which they arise and question the profession's beliefs about the nature of its work. Editor(s): Wear, Delese; Aultman, Julie M. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
Professionalism in Medicine: Critical Perspectives casts a careful, and at times wary, eye on a dominant force in contemporary academic medicine that appears to have been accepted as an absolute good. Calls for developing, increasing, or maintaining professionalism—not to mention the current obsession with evaluating or assessing it—appear with regularity in medical journals and conference programs of all stripes. The resultant literature has defined, organized, contained, and made seemingly immutable a group of attitudes and behaviors subsumed under the label "professional" or ''professionalism" (Wear & Kuczewski, 2004). Moreover, the fixation with assessment has become a new steering mechanism that is ... Read more
Professionalism in Medicine: Critical Perspectives casts a careful, and at times wary, eye on a dominant force in contemporary academic medicine that appears to have been accepted as an absolute good. Calls for developing, increasing, or maintaining professionalism—not to mention the current obsession with evaluating or assessing it—appear with regularity in medical journals and conference programs of all stripes. The resultant literature has defined, organized, contained, and made seemingly immutable a group of attitudes and behaviors subsumed under the label "professional" or ''professionalism" (Wear & Kuczewski, 2004). Moreover, the fixation with assessment has become a new steering mechanism that is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441941015
SKU
V9781441941015
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Reviews for Professionalism in Medicine
From the reviews: "This text presents an interesting counterpoint to the body of perceived wisdom on professionalism. … The volume is most effective when it offers practical solutions to the current problems that they posit are facing the construct of professionalism and its delivery to medical students." (Alice Z. Frohna, Journal of the American Medical ... Read more