Doctors'' Orders - The Making of Status Hierarchies in an Elite Profession

Doctors' Orders offers a groundbreaking examination of the construction and consequences of status distinctions between physicians. Tania M. Jenkins spent years observing and interviewing American, international, and osteopathic medical residents in two hospitals to reveal the unspoken mechanisms that lead to hierarchies among supposed equals.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Terms and Acronyms
Introduction
1. Meet the Residents
2. The Match List
3. A Day on the Wards
4. Grooming
5. Graduation
6. The Navy SEALs and the National Guard
Conclusions and Implications
Appendix: On Being a “Second-Year Intern”
Notes
Works Cited
Index

About the author

Tania M. Jenkins is assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Summary

Doctors’ Orders offers a groundbreaking examination of the construction and consequences of status distinctions between physicians. Tania M. Jenkins spent years observing and interviewing American, international, and osteopathic medical residents in two hospitals to reveal the unspoken mechanisms that lead to hierarchies among supposed equals.

Additional text

A must-read for those interested in medical education, the social organization of hospitals, and the reproduction of status hierarchies in the professions.

Product details

• Authors: Tania M. Jenkins
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780231189354
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18935-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, MEDICAL / Physicians, Social welfare & social services, Medical profession, Social welfare and social services