The Division of Laborers: Allied Health Professions
- 1 July 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Health Services
- Vol. 3 (3), 435-444
- https://doi.org/10.2190/5u2g-3q68-jkkc-vt13
Abstract
As health services have become hospital-centered, many specialized health occupations have been created. The author maintains that these allied health occupations conflict with the medical profession for occupational territory, and that the development of these subordinate occupations has been controlled by the medical profession to its own benefit. This control is achieved through domination of professional societies, education and training, industrial rules and regulations, and government licenses. Detailed examples of the process of control are provided from the fields of radiology and pathology.Keywords
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