Reviews
''Much has changed in both medical sociology and medical education since the classic studies of the 1950s. Brosnan and Turner's distinguished team of international scholars reinvigorate the sociological contribution to debates about what sorts of doctors we need and how medical schools can best produce them.''-Robert Dingwall, Professor and Director Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham, UK ''Sociological research has a long and proud tradition in studying medical education. Brosnan and Turner provide a great service by bringing together for the first time an outstanding array of international sociological experts focusing on issues related to medical education. This book is destined to be a benchmark in the study of medical education and a valuable contribution to medical sociology. I recommend it highly.''- Peter Conrad, Brandeis University, USA "This is a splendid book. Brosnan and Turner have assembled a state of the art overview of the sociology of medical education which will stimulate further research on this important dynamic domain."- Steven Wainwright, Professor and Co-Director Centre for Biomedicine & Society (CBAS), King's College London, UK This book does what it sets out to do very well. It engages in important issues and offers thoughtful reflection on them. It should find a wide audience, suitable as it is for a range of academic courses and for general reading. MARY RUGGIE Harvard University, ''Much has changed in both medical sociology and medical education since the classic studies of the 1950s. Brosnan and Turner's distinguished team of international scholars reinvigorate the sociological contribution to debates about what sorts of doctors we need and how medical schools can best produce them.''Robert Dingwall, Professor and Director Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham, UK ''Sociological research has a long and proud tradition in studying medical education. Brosnan and Turner provide a great service by bringing together for the first time an outstanding array of international sociological experts focusing on issues related to medical education. This book is destined to be a benchmark in the study of medical education and a valuable contribution to medical sociology. I recommend it highly.'' Peter Conrad, Brandeis University, USA "This is a splendid book. Brosnan and Turner have assembled a state of the art overview of the sociology of medical education which will stimulate further research on this important dynamic domain." Steven Wainwright, Professor and Co-Director Centre for Biomedicine & Society (CBAS), King's College London, UK This book does what it sets out to do very well. It engages in important issues and offers thoughtful reflection on them. It should find a wide audience, suitable as it is for a range of academic courses and for general reading. MARY RUGGIE Harvard University, ''Much has changed in both medical sociology and medical education since the classic studies of the 1950s. Brosnan and Turner's distinguished team of international scholars reinvigorate the sociological contribution to debates about what sorts of doctors we need and how medical schools can best produce them.'' -Robert Dingwall, Professor and Director Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham, UK ''Sociological research has a long and proud tradition in studying medical education. Brosnan and Turner provide a great service by bringing together for the first time an outstanding array of international sociological experts focusing on issues related to medical education. This book is destined to be a benchmark in the study of medical education and a valuable contribution to medical sociology. I recommend it highly.'' - Peter Conrad, Brandeis University, USA "This is a splendid book. Brosnan and Turner have assembled a state of the art overview of the sociology of medical education which will stimulate further research on this important dynamic domain." - Steven Wainwright, Professor and Co-Director Centre for Biomedicine & Society (CBAS), King's College London, UK This book does what it sets out to do very well. It engages in important issues and offers thoughtful reflection on them. It should find a wide audience, suitable as it is for a range of academic courses and for general reading. MARY RUGGIE Harvard University, ''Much has changed in both medical sociology and medical education since the classic studies of the 1950s. Brosnan and Turner's distinguished team of international scholars reinvigorate the sociological contribution to debates about what sorts of doctors we need and how medical schools can best produce them.'' -Robert Dingwall, Professor and Director Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham, UK ''Sociological research has a long and proud tradition in studying medical education. Brosnan and Turner provide a great service by bringing together for the first time an outstanding array of international sociological experts focusing on issues related to medical education. This book is destined to be a benchmark in the study of medical education and a valuable contribution to medical sociology. I recommend it highly.'' - Peter Conrad, Brandeis University, USA "This is a splendid book. Brosnan and Turner have assembled a state of the art overview of the sociology of medical education which will stimulate further research on this important dynamic domain." - Steven Wainwright, Professor and Co-Director Centre for Biomedicine & Society (CBAS), King's College London, UK This book does what it sets out to do very well. It engages in important issues and offers thoughtful reflection on them. It should find a wide audience, suitable as it is for a range of academic courses and for general reading. MARY RUGGIE Harvard University
Table of Content
1. Introduction: The Struggle over Medical Knowledge, Caragh Brosnan and Bryan S. Turner PART 1: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 2. The Hidden Curriculum: A Theory of Medical Education, Frederic W. Hafferty and Brian Castellani 3. From Classification to Integration: Bernstein and the Sociology of Medical Education, Paul Atkinson and Sara Delamont 4. Pierre Bourdieu and the Theory of Medical Education: Thinking 'Relationally' about Medical Students and Medical Curricula, Caragh Brosnan PART 2: KEY ISSUES: MEDICAL STUDENTS AND MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE 5. The Medical School Culture, Heidi Lempp 6. Gender and Medical Education, Elianne Riska 7. The Inclusion of Disabled People in Medical Education, Gary L. Albrecht 8. The Status of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Biomedical Education: Towards a Critical Engagement, Alex Broom and Jon Adams 9. Evidence-based Medicine and Medical Education, Stefan Timmermans and Neetu Chawla 10. Crisis or Renaissance? A Sociology of Anatomy in UK Medical Education, Samantha Regan de Bere and Alan Petersen 11. Bioethics and Medical Education: Lessons from the United States, Carla C. Keirns, Michael Fetters and Raymond De Vries 12. Sociology in Medical Education, Graham Scambler 13. Epistemology, Medical Science, and Problem-based Learning: Introducing an Epistemological Dimension into the Medical School Curriculum, Margot L. Lyon PART 3: MEDICAL EDUCATION IN NATIONAL CONTEXTS 14. Medical Education and the American Healthcare System, William C. Cockerham 15. Tomorrow's Doctors, a Changing Profession: Reformation in the UK Medical Education System, Oonagh Corrigan and Ian Pinchen 16. The Challenges to Achieving Self-sufficiency in Canadian Medical Education, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault and Jennifer Aylward 17. Innovations in Medical Education: European Convergence, Politics and Culture, Fred C.J. Stevens