Moving beyond nostalgia and motives: towards a complexity science view of medical professionalism

FW Hafferty, D Levinson - Perspectives in Biology and medicine, 2008 - muse.jhu.edu
Modern-day discourse on medical professionalism has largely been dominated by a
“nostalgic” view, emphasizing individual motives and behaviors. Shaped by a defining …

Two cultures: Two ships: The rise of a professionalism movement within modern medicine and medical sociology's disappearance from the professionalism debate

FW Hafferty, B Castellani - Handbook of the sociology of health, illness …, 2010 - Springer
In 1959, the novelist and physicist CP Snow, delivered his famous lecture on 'Two Cultures'
at the University of Cambridge. Snow argued that while the humanities and the sciences (in …

[BOOK][B] Shamans of the metropolis: Holistic physicians and cultural movements in modern medicine

PR Wolpe - 1987 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation examines holistic physicians as a case study of heresy in a profession. It is
shown how problems within medicine opened the way for the importation of new cultural …

Factors influencing notions of professionalism: insights from established practitioner narratives

CA Foster - 2013 - ses.library.usyd.edu.au
The aim of the research is to explore the ways in which the meaning of professionalism is
increasingly understood during the process of professional socialisation into medicine. The …