The Politics of Community Medicine Projects

A conflict Analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9103868
AutoresJEOFFRY B GORDOX (United States Public Health Service, autor de correspondencia)
Año1969
Volumen7
Número6
Páginas419-428
Fecha de publicación1969-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
EditorialOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-196911000-00001
OpenAlexW1978676112
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas4

The community health center is a new institution which has been promoted by the Office of Economic Opportunity to provide health services to the poor, to establish an alternate model for medical practice, and to help reintegrate the poor into the mainstream of society. Among the barriers to the success of this innovation has been a lack of political realism on the part of many of the participants. A sociological analysis of the process of project evolution, demonstrating the many opportunities for controversy and conflict to develop, is presented. Inferences from conflict theory are presented to show how a sophisticated approach to controversy can expedite social change. If health professionals are to be involved in the wide range of social and physical ills of their patients they must be familiar with these strategies

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