Going Private: Ceremonial Forms in a Private Oncology Clinic
- 1 May 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Sociology
- Vol. 18 (2) , 191-204
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038584018002003
Abstract
Following Strong's (1979) model of the `ceremonial order' of the clinic, London oncology consultations drawn from the private sector and the National Health Service (NHS) are compared. Using both qualitative and quantitative measures, it is shown that private consultations offer more `personalized' consultations than are found in the NHS. Furthermore, private patients are more inclined to orchestrate their own care and to exhibit control of territory and agenda. The clinical and social gains and losses of these private consultations are examined and the issue of whether they provide a model for NHS care is assessed.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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