Question

Explain the five structural changes in the distribution of power that had an effect on the social transformation of American medicine?

Answer 1

ANSWER:

The five major structural changes in the distribution of power that played a major role in the social transformation of American medicine are :

1. The emergence of an informal control system in medical practice resulting from the growth of specialization and hospitals.

2. Stronger collective organization and authority/ the control of labor markets in medical care.

3. The profession sequared a special dispensation from the burdens of the hierarchy of the capitalist enterprise. No " commercialism" in medicine was tolerated and much of the capital investment required for medical practice was socialized.

4. The elimination of countervailing power in medical care.

5. The establishment of specific spheres of professional authority.