Taking License with Medical Work
Notes on the Resolution of Risk and Uncertainty in a Gynecological Self‐Help Clinic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11354055 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen J Peterson, Karen Peterson (Northwestern University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 138-147 |
| Publication date | 1978-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Symbolic Interaction (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6086 • E-ISSN: 1533-8665 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/si.1978.1.2.138 |
| OpenAlex | W2052733960 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
Occupational case studies provide comparative data for studying the structure of work. In the case presented here, an occupational grouping which staked out its own jurisdiction provides a limiting case for the study of collective solutions to risk and uncertainty encountered in work. How a gynecological self‐help clinic organized work to protect individual workers from risk and its consequences shows that relationships among work, uncertainty, and risk are indeed flexible
Jurisdiction · License · Limiting · Political science · Resolution (logic · Risk analysis (engineering · Work (physics · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1979 - 1979 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |