SOC355H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Electronic Body Music, Pharmaceutical Industry, Creative Accounting
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One of the factors that researchers identify as downfall of professions is commercialism. Idea is that researchers witness decline in deprofessionalism of professions. Profession has received approval by state to practice. In return of protected statues, they are suppose to train, certify and focus on service to clients. Professions have monopoly supposed to be independent of market. They run by third logic (different from market logic) Real difference between altruistic lawyers vs business men. This was the time in which med prof created social closure. Post wwii was golden age of doctor. Huge rise in how much was being spent on health care. As the med prof become a big business, become huge money. Look at 3 battlefields over prof power: patient consumerism. You see a rise in patient consumerism. During the golden age huge trust in dr. You see a rise in consumerism after. With rise of consumerism and lower trust in med profs.
