Paramedic At Work - A Sociology of a New Profession

Ambulance services and paramedics perform critical roles in contemporary healthcare economies, yet this occupation is widely misunderstood. Through in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation, Leo McCann offers the first detailed study of the nature, development, culture, and future of the paramedic profession in England.

List of contents

• 1: A New Profession


• 2: Conceptualizing Emergency Professions


• 3: Out on the Road: The Organization of Emergency Ambulance Work


• 4: The Operator Culture


• 5: Coping with Unbearable Strain


• 6: Street-Level Professionals


• 7: Professionalism as a Quest for Dignity


• Appendix: Notes on the Research and Writing Process

About the author

Leo McCann is Professor of Management at the University of York, having previously worked at Cardiff University and the University of Manchester. His research and teaching draws on historical and sociological perspectives in the study of organizations and professions, especially as regards white-collar and uniformed occupations. He has conducted research into a range of professions, including healthcare, financial services, military forces, and corporate leadership. His current research focuses on the history of management as a profession, specifically in the context of North American approaches to systems analysis and operations research developed during the Cold War.

Summary

Ambulance services and paramedics perform critical roles in contemporary healthcare economies, yet this occupation is widely misunderstood. Through in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation, Leo McCann offers the first detailed study of the nature, development, culture, and future of the paramedic profession in England.

Additional text

Leo McCann's The Paramedic at Work provides an empirically rich and theoretically expansive account of paramedics' changing work.

Product details

• Authors: Leo Mccann, Leo (Professor of Management Mccann, McCann Leo
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.2022
• EAN: 9780198816362
• ISBN: 978-0-19-881636-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; England, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Emergency Management, Organizational theory & behaviour, Medical Sociology, Organizational theory and behaviour, Ambulance & rescue services, Ambulance and rescue services, First aid and paramedical services, First Aid & Paramedical Services