Queen of the Professions

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"Only in the latter part of the nineteenth century did medicine achieve the full eight characteristics of a modern profession. And yet, so quickly, it has seen one--autonomy--erode significantly and is beginning to experience the crumbling of another: monopoly of the market of services. Can social prestige and economic rewards be far behind?"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Medicine, united states,  Physicians,  Medical ethics,  Medical economics,  Prestige,  Power (social sciences),  Autonomy,  Monopolies,  Medicine,  History,  History of Medicine,  Professional Autonomy,  Informal Social Control