Some Problems of Soviet Medical Practice: A Sociological Approach
- 28 May 1953
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 248 (22) , 919-926
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195305282482201
Abstract
SOCIOLOGY views the work of the physician as part of the general division of labor in society and attempts to relate his functions to other aspects of the social order.1 , 2 Of particular interest in this respect is the problem of the issuance by the physician of sickness certificates as valid excuses to obtain relief from certain obligations or to by-pass certain regulations.It is a general premise, in a "rational" system of medicine, that true illnesses or injuries are not the result of the motivation of the patient, and that he must not be held morally or legally accountable for . . .Keywords
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