Making Rehabilitation (Paper)

1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-0-520-06604-5
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 240 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 209 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

Reihe: Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care

Focusing on the history of one medical field—rehabilitation medicine—this book provides the first systematic analysis of the underlying forces that shape medical specialization, challenging traditional explanations of occupational specialization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gritzer, Glenn

Arluke, Arnold

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Physiotherapie, Physikalische Therapie Rehabilitation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1.Introduction:The Natural Growth Model
The Market Model
Rehabilitation Medicine
2.The Bases for Specialization, 1890-1917

Electricity: A Base for Organization

Early Champions of Electricity

Physicians Organize

Enlarging the Base

Internal Competition

External Competition

The Response to AMA Rejection

3.War and the Organization of Work, 1917-1920

The War Wounded and Occupational Conflict

Internal Competition

External Conflict
The Origins of the Allied Occupations

Physical Therapy

Occupational Therapy

The Impact of War

4.Foundations for a Division of Labor, 1920-1941

Physical Therapy Physicians Between the Wars

Professional Developments

The Battle Against Competitors

The Allied Occupations: Institutionalization and Subordination

Physical Therapy

Occupational Therapy

5.The Rediscovery of Rehabilitation, 1941-1950

World War II and Physical Medicine

The Influence of "Outsiders"

Expansion and a New Name

Allied Occupations in the War

Physical Therapy

Occupational Therapy

Early Postwar Years

The Veterans Administration

The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service

The Allied Occupations

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Midcentury

6.The Redivision of Labor, 1950-1980

Pursuit of Autonomy

The Rise of Physical Therapy

Occupational Therapy's Market Mistakes

The Fall from Power

Marginality and Supply Problems

Market Challenges

EPILOGUE

The Bases for Rigidity and Imperialism

APPENDIXES

A. Changes in Occupational Titles

B. Professional Associations and Journals: Physicians

C. Professional Associations and Journals: Allied Occupations

NOTES

INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Glenn Gritzer is Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Long Island University. Arnold Arluke is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern University, Boston.